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Brundle disagrees Hamilton's defence was too ‘soft'
Sky F1 pundit, Martin Brundle, has disagreed with Nico Rosberg's assessment that Lewis Hamilton was too 'soft' in his defence against Max Verstappen. Rosberg felt his old team-mate and title rival Hamilton should have 'closed the damn door' on Verstappen as the Dutchman loomed up on him with two laps to spare at the French Grand Prix, in the end cruising past the Mercedes man for Red Bull's third win a row. Hamilton himself said it was 'pointless' putting up too much of a fight against Verstappen because it was inevitable that he was going to pass at some point before the chequered flag waved. And Brundle was of the same mindset as the seven-time World Champion, likening what happened...
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