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Mercedes details wrong Singapore GP strategy call for Hamilton
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25/09/2024 at 18:2625/09/2024 at 19:35 Mercedes technical director James Allison has explained why the Brackley squad opted to start Lewis Hamilton on the soft tyre in last weekend’s Singapore Grand Prix, and why the strategy failed miserably. Mercedes purposefully chose to offset its drivers game plans at Marina Bay despite Hamilton and teammate George Russel lining up third and fourth on the grid. Hamilton admitted to being “perplexed” by his team’s approach when informed of the strategy choice in Mercede’s pre-race briefing. And the more the seven-time world champion thought about the plan, the more he tried to convince his strategists to keep him...
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