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Mercedes says Hamilton wanted to pit

Toto Wolff has suggested Lewis Hamilton made the initial call that he wanted to pit for new tyres in the closing stages of the Monaco Grand Prix, but maintains the erroneous decision was still ultimately the fault of Mercedes. Hamilton was seemingly on for a certain victory having established large lead over Nico Rosberg and Sebastian Vettel with 14 laps to go, but the arrival of the safety car would see Hamilton pit despite his track advantage in the belief that the two cars behind would do the same. With a miscalculation in data seeing Hamilton return to the circuit just behind the non-pitting Rosberg and Vettel, the defending champion couldn't make the newer tyres work around the tight...
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