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Hamilton wanted whatever Wolff was smoking

Lewis Hamilton says he wanted whatever Toto Wolff was smoking after the Austrian told him he could win the Hungarian GP over the team radio. It looked like Hamilton would cruise to victory in Budapest after team-mate Valtteri Bottas took himself and Sergio Perez out of the race at the start and also caused Max Verstappen to pick up severe damage. However, the Mercedes driver then went from first to last at the restart as he, unlike every other driver, opted not to pit for dry tyres immediately, thus dropping behind everyone. At that point, a win seemed unlikely, but he ultimately came close to doing so, with only the defensive efforts of Fernando Alonso preventing him from catching the...
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