When Red Bull decided to pit Max Verstappen for a second time on Sunday, as the Dutchman, at that point running fourth, headed into the pitlane, it left rivals in a quandary, to react or not to react. Sure enough, next time around Ferrari brought in Sebastian Vettel, which left Mercedes with a stark choice, which of its two drivers to pit first. Pitting second-placed Bottas first left race-leader Hamilton exposed to attack from Vettel on his fresh rubber, and as Mercedes pondered the alternatives, team boss Toto Wolff revealed his cunning plan. 'It was actually Toto who suggested that we do a stacked stop,' reveals trackside engineering director Andrew Shovlin in the team's latest Pure...
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