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Christian HORNER on HAMILTON's detention: "That's why we've been OUT for so long"

Sergio Perez had a completely different strategy of hopscotch than his teammate and both Mercedes drivers, which seemed like a Mexican sacrifice for a higher purpose.

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While it is Max Verstappen made his first stop in the 35th lap, and soon after, they followed him like that Bottas feces Hamilton, Yippee Perez persisted on the track until lap 51. The Dutchman's new teammate only turned into the pits when he overtook him Lewis Hamilton, which made many get the feeling that they were at Red Bullu The Mexican sacrificed to slow down the seven-time world champion.

Christian horner rejects such allusions and says: “Our main purpose was to stay on the track long enough for Sergio to compete for the fastest lap. That’s why we’ve been out for so long. Soft tires are very unpredictable on this racetrack and have only a short working window, so Sergio and I insisted on the track for how long he could drive on medium-range tires. ”

Helmut Marko and Christian Horner deny that they would have left Perez on the track longer mainly to slow Hamilton down.

Either way, tactics "Red bulls" she eventually failed. Perez he managed to set the fastest lap time, but began to lag far behind Bottas, so the Finn had a chance to get into the pits for a new set of tires and set the fastest lap time. Then they tried to take the matter to themselves Verstappen, but the commissioners, due to driving outside the boundaries of the track in bend no. 14 deleted the fastest time.

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