Mercedes: Ocon’s fall proved risk of keeping Hamilton out to the end

After seeing most of the front-running drivers pit with around 20 laps to go for a fresh set of intermediate tyres, Mercedes opted to keep Hamilton out as he felt his tyres were still in good enough shape.
The team considered keeping Hamilton out all the way to the end of the race, only to ultimately pit him with eight laps remaining after he started losing time to the cars chasing …Keep reading