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‘Hamilton's Spain win saved serious Mercedes fallout'

Ex-Formula 1 driver turned pundit, Jolyon Palmer, thinks there could have been 'serious fallout' at Mercedes had Lewis Hamilton not won the Spanish Grand Prix. Hamilton was able to convert a 100th pole position of his career into a 98th victory in Formula 1 and his third win out of four races so far in the 2021 campaign. A switch to a two-stop strategy gave Hamilton the platform he needed to go and hunt down Red Bull's Max Verstappen, who led for much of the race at the Spanish Grand Prix. Along the way, Hamilton needed to pass team-mate Bottas on track with the Finn in his own battle with Ferrari's Charles Leclerc. Bottas was told by team radio not to hold Hamilton up, but he did not...
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