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During the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, Lewis Hamilton could be heard on the team radio saying that he thought Mercedes chose the wrong strategy.
Hamilton questioned Mercedes’ strategy call before and after both himself and Valtteri Bottas were called in for a tyre change during the Virtual Safety Car period. Since Max Verstappen also came in, the Briton believed Mercedes should have tried the opposite strategy.
Asked after the race if he believes the team could have done something different, he said he believes the team made the right call.
“No, not really,” answered the Briton.
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“I don’t think there was anything else we could have really done. If I’d stayed out, the pace they would have had on that new tyre, that would just have eaten up the gap that I had and then I would have done a pit stop and lost even more time.
“So, there’s not really a lot that you could have done. It definitely didn’t make the race particularly exciting.
“But yeah, it is what it is,” concluded Hamilton.
