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Mercedes must speed up pitstop times – Wolff

Oct.27 Toto Wolff says Mercedes needs to hit the throttle on improving in-race pitstops. Last time out in Austin, Lewis Hamilton hailed the step forward delivered by the team's new floor – but said Mercedes needs to improve 'in other areas too – like pitstops'. Recently, in Qatar, the ever-improving McLaren team broke the all-time record for the fastest Formula 1 pitstop – recorded at an incredible 1.8 seconds. Mercedes' pitstops, in contrast, are often blowing out to 3.5 seconds. 'We can no longer afford the old approach of first and foremost avoiding bad pitstops,' team boss Wolff now concedes. 'The others have gotten so much better that we have reached a turning...
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