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The engineer went on to detail the extensive journey behind the victory, adding: “It’s an emotional one. It’s been a long, long time, and he and I have been working hard trying to get back there. Baby steps, but it’s taken a lot of them so far.”
Asked to pinpoint the most crucial moment in claiming the win – and whether this was Hamilton’s treatment of the soft tyre during the start of his final stint, which enabled him to maintain a gap to the chasing Max Verstappen – Bonnington responded: “I think it’s the fact that the feedback he was giving me of where we were on the initial stint balance, [the car] wasn’t great.
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“We knew where we needed to correct the car, and I think we put the car in a real good position for that final stint to allow him to push. You knew the front tyre was going to be weak, so you’ve just got to make sure you’ve got enough front end in there to protect it, and he does a great job.
“You know when it comes down to the wire, he’s the one that’s going to manage the tyres and get you to the end.”
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