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No extra pit stop for Hamilton: "His tires looked better"

For Mercedes it seemed to be a perfect race weekend again. In the last few laps the Grand Prix however ended in a nightmare for the team. According to Toto Wolff, the DAS system had nothing to do with it. In the penultimate lap but one of the Grand Prix, Valtteri Bottas suddenly had a flat tyre at the start of the race as he lost his second place. Not much later Lewis Hamilton faced exactly the same problem, but the Brit was lucky he didn't have to drive a whole lap on three wheels. The question is why both Mercedes cars had the same problem at almost the same time. According to Toto Wolff, it's certainly not their exclusive system. "I don't think the DAS system had any influence. For...
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