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Allison: 'We were a little conservative' with Bottas pit call
Mercedes technical director James Allison has defended the team's decision to pit Valtteri Bottas when it did during the Hungarian Grand Prix, even though it ended up costing the Finn a podium finish. The team reacted to an early pit stop for Ferrari's Kimi Raikkonen, bringing their man in on lap 15 and hoping that he would be able to run the remaining 55 laps on a single set of soft tyres. After fighting hard to maintain second position, Bottas finally lost out to the Ferraris of Kimi Raikkonen and Sebastian Vettel on lap 65. He subsequently ended up colliding with Red Bull's Daniel Ricciardo as he struggled for grip, and finished in fifth place. Speaking in Mercedes' Pure Pitwall video...
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