Mercedes admitted they were baffled as to how Max Verstappen could perform the undercut on Lewis Hamilton at the French Grand Prix. After a mistake from pole-sitter Verstappen in the opening sequence of corners, Hamilton got in front and had a lead of a few seconds approaching the round of scheduled pit-stops. Red Bull called in Verstappen first on lap 19 of 53, Mercedes quickly responded by ‘boxing' Hamilton and although nothing unusual happened in either stop, it was the Dutchman who emerged ahead when both cars had fresh tyres. 'Not sure what happened there,' was race engineer Pete Bonnington's radio message to Hamilton immediately afterwards, with a second stop for Verstappen on...
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