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Safety Car ruined Hamilton’s Austrian GP strategy gamble plan
Lewis Hamilton says the first Safety Car in the Austrian Grand Prix ruined his plans to “take a risk” with a strategy gamble he hoped would help him win the Formula 1 season-opener.
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After being hit with a late grid penalty for failing to slow for yellow flags during qualifying, Hamilton had worked his way up to second from fifth in the first stint of the opening round in Austria and was applying serious pressure to race-leader and Mercedes teammate Valtteri Bottas. Hamilton had got the gap down to three seconds when a Safety Car was deployed on Lap 25 after Haas driver Kevin Magnussen spun off with brake issues. Mercedes responded by...
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