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The first ’painful’ race for Mercedes in 2019 – Analysis

Shock for Mercedes, but delight for their competitors: the Anglo-German outfit played only second fiddle to Ferrari and Red Bull in the Austrian Grand Prix after scoring eight triumphs in this season’s first eight rounds. Mercedes’ team boss Toto Wolff labelled it as painful to have witnessed Mercedes’ uncompetitive form in Spielberg. Shocked by the rival’s form, Mercedes realized already during the qualifying session that they did not enjoy the performance advantage it has had during the season up until the Austrian Grand Prix, not to mention their demoralizing form in France. In the dying minutes of the qualifying, Lewis Hamilton could secure the second starting position thanks...
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