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Mercedes explain Hamilton's poor Silverstone sprint start

Mercedes chief technical director James Allison has explained Lewis Hamilton's issues off the line during sprint qualifying. By topping qualifying on Friday, Hamilton earned himself P1 on the grid for Formula 1's first staging of sprint qualifying, but a slow start allowed Max Verstappen to take the lead into Turn 1, a lead which the Dutchman would go on to covert into pole for the British Grand Prix. And come the main event on Sunday it was Valtteri Bottas' turn for a poor getaway from P3 on the grid, with the Finn dropping behind Ferrari's Charles Leclerc and McLaren's Lando Norris. As Allison pointed out, starts are particularly tricky to nail, but he would explain why Hamilton...
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