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Mercedes hail brave Vowles in wake of strategy gaffe
Formula 1 world champions Mercedes have hailed chief strategist James Vowles for his leadership and dismissed suggestions he was forced to make a public apology for a mistake in Sunday’s Austrian Grand Prix. Vowles spoke to Lewis Hamilton over the team radio, in an exchange heard by millions of television viewers worldwide, during the race after a tactical error dropped the Briton from first to fourth when a virtual safety car was deployed. “That’s my mistake, Lewis, and I’m very sorry for it,” Vowles had told the four times world champion, who subsequently retired from the race, in a rare intervention. “I have thrown away the win,” he added. Mercedes on Tuesday dismissed as...
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