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Rencken: Race control should have come down on Hamilton earlier

Article To news overview © Mercedes RacingNews365 journalist Dieter Rencken believes that Lewis Hamilton should have been told to stop abusing track limits earlier in the Bahrain Grand Prix. Hamilton, who won the race, had consistently run wide at Turn 4 during the first half of the race, finding a little amount of laptime as a result. This wasn't strictly against the rules, although track limits are generally enforced under the Sporting Regulations. Midway through the race, Hamilton was told to stop running wide by Race Control's Michael Masi, and Rencken believes that, had he been told so earlier, the post-race controversy after Max Verstappen's illegal overtake wouldn't have happened....
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