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Mercedes ‘doesn’t fully understand’ why Verstappen undercut Hamilton

Hamilton inherited the lead at the start of the race when Verstappen ran wide unchallenged at Turn 1 and went on to control the opening stint, pulling a three second gap to his main rival. Red Bull reacted to Valtteri Bottas becoming the first of the leaders to pit on Lap 18 by calling Verstappen in on the next tour. A stunning out-lap from Verstappen enabled him to sneak ahead of Hamilton when the Mercedes driver re-emerged from the pits a lap later. Mercedes was not banking on the undercut to be so powerful, with all of its modelling simulations pointing towards Hamilton being able to retain his lead following his pit stop. “We thought, when we had just over three seconds to Max, that...
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