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Mercedes: Brake switch slowed Hamilton in US qualifying
Mercedes have explained that an uncovered brake switch caused Lewis Hamilton to lose performance during qualifying in the United States. Lewis Hamilton qualified in P5 for last weekend's United States Grand Prix, with teammate Valtteri Bottas taking pole position. It was the now Championship winner's lowest grid slot of 2019, and Mercedes have since explained why he struggled so much to unlock laptime in the closing minutes of the session. Speaking in Mercedes' post-race Pure Pitwall debrief, strategy director James Vowles said an errant switch position compromised Hamilton's first run in Q3: 'During the course of the lap, underneath his right hand, there’s a little rotary and that...
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