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Hamilton on ignoring call to pit: Why risk it?
Lewis Hamilton defied a call from his pit wall to stop late in the British Grand Prix, saying he didn't want to 'take the risk' of something going wrong. Although throughout the first stint of the British GP it looked as if Valtteri Bottas was on course for the victory, the race played into Hamilton's favour when Antonio Giovinazzi beached his Alfa Romeo and brought out the Safety Car. Handed what was effectively a free pit stop, swapping his mediums for hard Pirelli, Hamilton was leading Bottas by 21 seconds when Mercedes called him in for a pit stop with seven to go. The team was concerned that Hamilton's hard tyres would not last until the end of the grand prix and, given his gap to his...
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