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Toto Wolff commends strategist James Vowles' 'guts' after apology

Mercedes chief Toto Wolff has commended team strategist James Vowles after he apologised to Lewis Hamilton over team radio, saying it takes 'guts' to admit your error live in front of millions of viewers. Hamilton had been leading the race when team-mate Valtteri Bottas pulled off the circuit with a hydraulic issue. That meant the Virtual Safety Car was called out and all of the front-runners, bar Hamilton, were called in to make a stop for fresh tyres. That strategic error cost Hamilton the lead of the race as he later emerged in fourth place when he eventually stopped. Although the Briton would go on to retire from the race with his own technical issue. Wolff admitted it was simply a...
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