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Hakkinen: Hamilton pushing hard to make up for Mercedes issues

Article To news overview © Mercedes After another difficult weekend that saw Lewis Hamilton throw away points with a late blunder, Mika Hakkinen believes the reigning champion is pushing hard to make up for the shortcomings of his Mercedes. The reigning World Champion looked set to retake the championship lead given rival Max Verstappen retired from the lead with just a handful of laps remaining due to a tyre failure, however that's not how things played out. Hamilton locked his tyres heading into Turn 1 once the race resumed following a red flag, and Hakkinen thinks the lack of performance from Mercedes played a part in the error. "This was the second really difficult Grand Prix for...
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