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Lewis Hamilton: 'I would have won without the safety car'

Lewis Hamilton believes that he would have won the British Grand Prix without the safety car that saw him come into the pits for his stop. Valtteri Bottas had been ahead but pitted on the same medium compound tyres, meaning he had to stop again later in the race to switch compound. Hamilton believes that he would have won despite this.    “I was going to do a one-stop and [Valtteri Bottas] was on a two so it wouldn’t have made any difference. The Safety Car wouldn’t have made a difference," Hamilton said to RaceFans after the British Grand Prix.  “When he pitted on lap 16, I think it was, my plan was to offset as much as I could. And so I...
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