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Mercedes explain what caused ‘colossal f*** up'

Toto Wolff was able to succinctly describe Mercedes‘ Sakhir Grand Prix as a 'colossal f*** up' after a botched double stack ruined their race. Mercedes looked to be in control of the penultimate race of a crazy 2020 season and George Russell, on debut for the team after being called up to replace seven-time World Champion Lewis Hamilton who tested positive for Covid-19, was on course to win at the first time of asking after a thoroughly impressive performance. But a botched double stack under Safety Car conditions saw Mercedes throw away victory and left both Russell and Valtteri Bottas with work to do from P5 and P4 respectively on the race start. Russell managed to recover to P2...
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