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Bottas: Mercedes calculations were wrong
Valtteri Bottas says he believed his tyres would maintain their working life until the end of the British Grand Prix and trusted Mercedes’ call to stay out and not pit under the late Safety Car in order to gain track position. The Finnish driver inherited the lead from Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel when the German driver pitted during the late race Safety Car triggered by Marcus Ericsson’s crash. Bottas, who pitted for fresh medium tyres on lap 21, says Mercedes’ strategy pointed to his tyres being able to last the full 31 laps to the finish and despite a second Safety Car period when Romain Grosjean and Carlos Sainz Jr clashed at the restart the Finn’s tyres gave up over the five...
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