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What could have happened if Hamilton hadn't made a pit-stop?

Article To news overview © Mercedes Esteban Ocon seemingly did the impossible in the Turkish Grand Prix by completing an entire race on one set of tyres. The last person to do this was Mika Salo, who finished fifth at the 1997 Monaco Grand Prix without making a single pit-stop. Ocon did the same in Turkey on Sunday. However, the Frenchman would have been very close to suffering a puncture, having finished with a huge hole in his rubber after completing the full 58-lap race distance on the same set of Intermediates. At times it looked like Lewis Hamilton would achieve the same feat, until the Briton pitted with eight laps remaining – after repeated calls from Mercedes. Of course, Ocon is...
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