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Force India: Virtual safety car cost us Mexico podium
Robert Fernley believes Force India could have scored its first podium of the 2017 Formula 1 season in Mexico, had it not been for an ill-timed virtual safety car. Esteban Ocon assumed third position on the opening lap of the race, with teammate Sergio Perez also gaining places to move up to fifth. The Mexican, however, started coming under increasing pressure from Ferrari’s Kimi Raikkonen and was forced to make an early stop on lap 18. In doing so he set off a chain reaction, forcing Ocon to also pit two laps later. But the strategy backfired when the VSC was deployed following Brendon Hartley’s retirement, essentially granting Raikkonen a free pit stop. The Finn managed to leapfrog...
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