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Rosberg curious why 'soft' Hamilton didn't 'close the damn door'!

Nico Rosberg questioned why Lewis Hamilton went "soft" on Max Verstappen and made no attempt to defend his lead against his Red Bull rival in the closing stages of Sunday's French Grand Prix. After spending the better part of the afternoon chasing each other following their team's respective strategies, Hamilton and Verstappen prepared for a final showdown in the ultimate laps of the race. But when the Dutchman closed in on the Mercedes driver on the first part of Paul Ricard's Mistral straight with just a lap and a half to go, Verstappen pulled out of Hamilton's wake with the help of his DRS and swiftly moved past the Briton in the breaking zone of the chicane. The ease of the...
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