Mercedes explain why they left Hamilton on track longer than Leclerc

10:39, 04 Sep 2019

byMatt

In their weekly briefing, Mercedes trackside Engineering Director Andrew Shovlin explains a number of decisions that were made during the Belgium Grand Prix Formula 1 weekend.

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