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Shovlin admits: 'We were absolutely desperate'

Lewis Hamilton won the Silverstone Grand Prix last week, but was criticized afterwards for his accident with Max Verstappen. The Englishman drove at full speed into Verstappen, who then had to retire. Despite his 10 second penalty Hamilton took the victory. Andrew Shovlin says in conversation with Motorsport.com that the pressure prior to the race was great. "The thing that was quite frightening when we came here was that we would be looking at ourselves in the mirror for a long time if we didn't perform well. Apart from the situation in the championship and the points at stake, we had to make sure that gap didn't widen." Read more 'With us, Hamilton heard it for the first time'...
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