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Magnussen praises Haas 'amazing' pre-race call on tyres

Kevin Magnussen put Haas back into the points in Hungary thanks to a bold pre-race strategy call from his team that put the Dane on medium tyres for the start of the race. A wet track compelled the field to line up on the grid on Pirelli's intermediate compound, but Haas was an outlier, bringing its drivers into the pitlane at the end of the formation for a switch to the medium compound. The move paid dividends immediately for Magnussen who stormed through the pack in the opening laps as the track gradually dried out, running as high as third. The Dane held his own for as long as possible until he swapped his mediums for the white-walled hards on lap 37. But the change kept him in the...
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