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Wolff: A colossal fuck-up, George should have won

Mercedes boss Toto Wolff did not mince his words when he summed up his team's pitstop gaffe that cost them a probable one-two finish at the 2020 Sakhir Grand Prix and cruelly ruined what might have been a fairytale night for super-sub George Russell. The 22-year-old lit up the Formula 1 world with a sparkling start to his first drive in Lewis Hamilton's title-winning car and led like a man possessed until a safety car triggered a pitstop from hell by Mercedes as they bolted Valtteri Bottas' tyres onto George's car which required another stop to rectify. Undeterred but fuming, Russell emerged down the order to fit and started a mighty pursuit of the leader Sergio Perez and when in sight of...
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