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Mercedes sees Ferrari soft-tyre start as 'risky strategy'
Mercedes boss Toto Wolff believes Ferrari has taken a big risk by starting its drivers on Pirelli's soft compound in Austria. Charles Leclerc secured his second career pole at the Red Bull Ring on Saturday, but the Scuderia opted to have its drivers set their fastest lap in Q2 on the red-rimmed soft tyre, the rubber on which they will therefore start their race. Mercedes' Lewis Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas, as well as Red Bull's Max Verstappen, will be the only ones among the top-ten to launch their race on the white medium tyre. A clear look at the Austrian GP starting grid "In terms of the strategy, I think that Ferrari and Charles starting on the soft is a risky strategy,"...
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