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Mercedes explain decision to leave out Hamilton during Singapore Grand Prix

After a controversial call that ended up costing Lewis Hamilton two places during the Singapore Grand Prix, Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff has explained why the side opted to leave out the Brit way beyond all of his direct competitors. Starting in P2, Hamilton did well to keep up with and put pressure on race leader Charles Leclerc right until the pit window. While Hamilton came on the team radio to ask for an undercut, the exact opposite happened.  Leclerc dove into the pitlane first and came out behind his teammate Sebastian Vettel, who would eventually go on to win the race for the Scuderia. Hamilton was told to stay out much longer and lost two places because of it, emerging...
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