Mercedes says last weekend's late safety car in the Miami GP came at the "completely wrong time" for Lewis Hamilton and left the team itself  "between a rock and a hard place" in terms of deciding the right strategy for the Briton. The Brackley squad pitted George Russell at the onset of the Virtual Safety Car on lap 41 of 57 before the neutralization was upgraded to a full Safety Car period. The move greatly benefitted Russell in his battle against Hamilton, while the latter was left a sitting duck. In Mercedes' Miami GP debrief video on YouTube, technical director Mike Elliott explained the background to the team's decision not to pit Hamilton during the SC period....
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