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Why Hamilton didn't defend harder against Verstappen
Article To news overview © Getty Images/Red Bull Contentpool Lewis Hamilton feels it was inevitable that Max Verstappen was going to overtake him during the closing stages of the French GP which is why he did not defend hard against the Red Bull driver. Hamilton was nursing his hard tyres to the end of the race whilst Verstappen was chasing him down on fresher, medium tyres. With two laps to go, Verstappen went for it and made a relatively easy move down the inside of Hamilton at Turn 8 on the back straight. "Firstly, there's marbles on the inside so I I didn't want to make my tyres any worse than they already were," Hamilton told RacingNews365.com and other select members of...
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