Lewis Hamilton says circumstances and teammate George Russell's offset strategy in the Miami GP left him "a sitting duck" in the Mercedes pair's late on-track battle. The Brackley squad had hedged its bets in the race, with Hamilton running a medium-to-hard tyre strategy from sixth on the grid while Russell started P12 and opted for a long first stint on the hard compound. However, a Safety Car triggered by the crash between Pierre Gasly and Lando Norris 16 laps from the checkered flag proved timely for Russell who took the free pitstop and emerged behind his teammate but on much fresher medium rubber. The outcome of the scrap between the two Mercedes drivers inevitably favoured...
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