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Lowe: Never a good answer to driver swap debate

Paddy Lowe reckons Mercedes will be remembered for the sportsmanship shown in Hungary but concedes there is 'never a good answer' when it comes to swapping drivers with titles at stake. With Valtteri Bottas relinquishing third to Lewis Hamilton, the Brit was freed to hunt down the Ferraris with the agreement that if he couldn't pass, he would hand third back to his team-mate. He did that on the line, which cost him three points in the title race. Hamilton believes he made the right decision, a 'heart' decision but one that could come back to 'bite me'. Asked for his opinion, former Mercedes man now Williams tech chief Lowe said: 'There's never a good answer to that one. 'In any team, you...
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