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Mercedes explain why Hamilton's stop was slow

Article To news overview © Pirelli Mercedes have explained why their pitstop to switch Lewis Hamilton to the intermediate tyre was slower than expected. Hamilton had been in a tight battle with Red Bull's Max Verstappen, and could have possibly overtaken the Dutch driver when the Mercedes pitted on Lap 28 after setting a personal best lap on his in-lap. Any chance of passing the Red Bull evaporated when Hamilton's pitstop took four seconds, almost double the average pitstop time and what Red Bull had managed with Verstappen. “Well it is fair to say that we're not the best," Mercedes' Andrew Shovlin explained when asked about why the team's pitstop was so much slower. Speaking on...
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