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Belgian GP: Race team notes - Pirelli

Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton won the Belgian Grand Prix from pole, stopping just once to switch from Yellow medium to White hard tyres on lap 11 under a lengthy safety car period. All three podium finishers used an identical strategy. The safety car heavily influenced the strategy, with all the drivers apart from two stopping to change tyres. Of the drivers who stopped, only Red Bull's Alex Albon didn't switch to hard for the second stint (instead choosing medium). The drivers who didn't stop were AlphaTauri's Pierre Gasly and Racing Point's Sergio Perez. Gasly was the only driver to start the race on the hard tyre, and he swapped to the medium on lap 26, eventually finishing eighth from...
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