LEWIS HAMILTON almost caused a ‘disaster’ by resisting Mercedes’ instruction to pit in Turkish Grand Prix, according to Ross Brawn. Brawn, however, suggests in his F1.com column that this could have been catastrophic for Hamilton and Mercedes. The same thing happened to Lando Norris at the Russian Grand Prix, who was on course to win his first F1 race when rain began to fall and most other drivers, including Hamilton, pitted for intermediate tyres. This error of judgement meant he was overtaken by Hamilton, who went on to win the race, with Norris ultimately finishing seventh. In his post-race interview, Hamilton cooled down and said: “I wasn’t really that fast at the end there.

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