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Wolff: Mercedes caught out by the undercut

Mercedes principal Toto Wolff admits that the team were caught out by the power of the undercut at the Singapore Grand Prix. With drivers going slow from the start to save their tyres, finding a gap to pit into was proving tricky. Ferrari managed it though with Sebastian Vettel who ultimately went on to claim victory. However, Mercedes decided to keep Lewis Hamilton out, who had been running ahead of Vettel in P2 at the time, but the pace advantage provided by the undercut meant that Hamilton dropped behind Vettel and Max Verstappen after his stop. He would have even come out P5 behind team-mate Valtteri Bottas if the Finn hadn't have been told to slow down to avoid that happening. It...
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