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Perez stopped Mercedes pitting drivers again
Sergio Perez was the reason Mercedes didn't switch their drivers to two-stop strategies in France, Andrew Shovlin has confirmed. The German team failed to take a third straight win at Paul Ricard, with Max Verstappen passing Lewis Hamilton on the second to last lap. The Dutchman won after pitting for a second time and using his much fresher tyres to catch and pass the front three. Both Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas also wanted to come in again, but their team opted against doing so. Shovlin, the engineering director, says that's because the other Red Bull of Perez, who was also on a one-stopper but had fresher tyres after going longer on his first stint, would have been in their way and...
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