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Mercedes explains pit stop Hamilton: 'Got to stop taking risks'

Lewis Hamilton was clearly not satisfied after the Turkish Grand Prix. Mercedes made him come in late for new intermediate tyres, but afterwards the Briton said he could have continued on the same set of tyres until the end. According to engineer Andrew Shovlin the team was sure he would not have finished higher than fifth. Esteban Ocon was the only driver on track who did not make a pit stop and finished the race on the same tyres. Shovlin explains on Crash.net: "If you look at Esteban [Ocon], he got overtaken by Lance [Stroll] about five or six laps from the end and finished 17 seconds behind them, and that’s how quickly you fall off. We’ll go through it and we’ll...
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