Lewis Hamilton feels Mercedes reliability gives him the platform to use his speed to beat Sebastian Vettel and Ferrari which he accepts is likely to be the deciding factor in the 2017 Formula 1 world championship. The Mercedes driver stretched his advantage to 59 points in the championship standings thanks to victory at the Japanese Grand Prix coupled with Vettel’s retirement due to a broken spark plug on his Ferrari. After pouring credit on his Mercedes team for its reliability and procedure changes which he felt were hampering car performance during recent races, Hamilton says the German manufacturer’s impressive record of seeing cars to the chequered flag has been a foundation to...
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