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Mercedes accused of sandbagging and mind games ahead of Azerbaijan GP

Former Bridgestone engineer Kees van de Grint has questioned whether Mercedes are playing a bit of a mind game by publicly slamming their concept so often, especially after the Germans showed good pace at the Australian Grand Prix. After underperforming in Bahrain and Saudi Arabia, Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff declared that a new concept of the W14 was going to be introduced, in a bid to catch Red Bull. The whole mood amongst the Silver Arrows was downbeat, with Lewis Hamilton and George Russell having spoken publicly about how much work the W14 needed. Fast forward to the Australian GP and it was a completely different story, with both Russell and Hamilton having briefly led on...
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