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Hamilton kept telling Mercedes it was ‘dry, dry, dry'

Lewis Hamilton trusted Mercedes' weather forecast, leaving him the sole driver to line up on the grid for the restart of the Hungarian Grand Prix. Sunday's Hungarian Grand Prix got off to a chaotic start in the wet as Valtteri Bottas got his braking wrong into Turn 1 and caused a multi-car accident. Race Control red flagged the race with only 15 drivers taking the restart. But while Hamilton led the field around for the formation lap on a dry Hungaroring, the pole-sitter found himself alone on the grid as the other 14 all dived into the pits to swap their intermediate tyres for slicks. Hamilton took the restart with the rest starting from the pit lane. He was forced to pit that lap as the...
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