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Mercedes explain Hamilton-Russell crash - but should they have avoided it?
Mercedes described the first-lap collision between Lewis Hamilton and George Russell at the F1 Qatar Grand Prix as a “mistake”, but could it have been avoided? Hamilton, who started on soft tyres, attempted to sweep around the outside of both Russell and Max Verstappen, who were on mediums, at Turn 1. But the Mercedes duo ended up making wheel-to-wheel contact that sent Hamilton spinning off into the gravel and out of the race, while Russell had to pit and dropped to the very back of the field. Mercedes explained that the decision to split strategies with their cars was influenced by the unexpected mandated maximum tyre stint life for Sunday’s grand prix, which left...
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