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Mercedes' Shovlin frustrated at being so close to victory in Italy

Chief race engineer for Mercedes AMG Motorsport, Andrew Shovlin, has expressed his frustration at the team being so close to victory at Monza last weekend, being beat by Scuderia Ferrari‘s Charles Leclerc. 'It's frustrating that we managed to spend almost the entire race with a car right behind Charles today and failed to find a way to get through but that is sometimes the way it goes,' said Shovlin. Shovlin added that the team tried to make the undercut work with Lewis Hamilton, after a gap appeared behind the Renault F1 Team drivers, but the with the low tyre wear at the circuit, it was not as effective as it normal would be. 'We had to try and undercut with Lewis when a gap...
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