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Mercedes explains cause pit stop gaffe and comes up with solution

What could have been a first victory for George Russell ended in tears as Mercedes blundered during the pit stops. But what exactly went wrong? James Allison, technical director at Mercedes, explains it in a video on the team's YouTube channel. Half Mercedes pit crew did not hear call Apparently, the mechanics received the message about George Russell's upcoming pit stop too late, as Russell spoke with sports director Ron Meadows on the on-board radio at the same time. Read more Wolff urges caution with George Russell performance "The radios the pit crew uses only hear one voice at a time. So it's not like a phone call where more than one person can talk at the same time. At the exact...
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