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“I lost a bit more weight during the race than we thought, the tyres lost a lot more than we expected, the plank was wearing more than we thought as well, so it was sort of these three or four factors all coming together that just pushed us over the edge.”
As for whether Mercedes will be slightly more cautious in these areas as F1 returns to action at Zandvoort, he added: “I don’t think you need to take more margin. I think the processes weren’t quite in place to cover all the different scenarios.
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“I knew before the race that I was a little bit light, but it was too late to make a substantial change without eating a steak or something, which was probably not the best pre-race routine!
“But there are things that now, with the benefit of hindsight, we can do better and we will be doing better moving forward. As always, you need to make a mistake first until you recognise there’s a problem.”
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