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SILVERSTONE PERFECTION IS IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND

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7 Hamilton was the slower of the two Merc drivers in the first stint on the mediums and on the hards early in stint two. He only ended up in front of Bottas because he had a shorter final stint. Was clearly not happy to be beaten in qualifying, which also brings his score down.

8 It’s hard to see what Bottas did wrong given Mercedes’ decision to pit him on the same lap as Verstappen. Bottas’s qualifying performance was fantastic because he ended the first Q3 runs adrift and reversed the Mercedes order where previously he might have capitulated. 4Has now had so many spins all by

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