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Mercedes has switched to 'safe spec' gearboxes
Mercedes has faith that there will be no repeat of the gearbox problems that have hit Lewis Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas in recent races, because it has now reverted to a safer older specification. Hamilton and Bottas picked up damage to their gearboxes at the Azerbaijan Grand Prix as the result of an aggressive strategy that Mercedes adopted with its seamless shift settings for the Baku race. The issues prompted Mercedes to change Hamilton's gearbox in Austria and switch Bottas over this weekend in Britain. However, Mercedes boss Toto Wolff has said that the team fully understands what it did wrong in Azerbaijan and that going back to older settings should ensure no further problems for...
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