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Mercedes ‘not operating at F1 championship-winning level’

At the Monaco Grand Prix, a botched pitstop cost Valtteri Bottas a podium while reigning world champion Lewis Hamilton could only finish seventh after a strategic gamble backfired, resulting in Mercedes losing the lead of both world championships for the first time in the hybrid era. In Baku, an uncharacteristic error from Hamilton cost him a shot of winning the race and capitalising on Max Verstappen’s retirement and Bottas struggled for pace on his way to 12th as Mercedes failed to score a point when both cars have finished the race for the first time since the 2012 United States Grand Prix. With Mercedes managing just seven points across the last two races, Red Bull has opened up a...
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