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Allison pays tribute to strategist Vowles

At a time some sections of the media are claiming that Mercedes strategist James Vowles was 'thrown under the bus' by Mercedes as its Austrian Grand Prix imploded, technical director James Allison has explained why the Briton chose to offer his mea culpa over the team radio, whilst paying tribute to him for the move. Having missed an open goal in failing to pit when the VSC was deployed following the retirement of his teammate, the voice that Lewis Hamilton would normally expect to hear over the team radio is that of his engineer Peter 'Bonno' Bonnington. Instead however, as his race began to fall apart, it was the voice of strategist James Vowles that was heard by the world champion......
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