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Lewis Hamilton did not ask Mercedes for either type of wet-pit tire, which he described as a "turning point" in his race.
Hamilton, who led the first stages of the race but crashed after shifting to slick tires as the rain fell, said his race had started badly "when they put slicks while". he was still wet.
However, Andrew Shovlin, director of operations on the Mercedes track, pointed out that the team had only been discussing the type of smoothed tire to be used, not the intermediate or full time.
"The conversation we had with him was actually about the medium," said Shovlin. "We thought it was getting drier, that's what we had read in the weather forecast and the medium was the only tire we could carry to the end.
"Lewis was actually saying that the tire is too hard, which is why we put it on the soft tire. We now know that we should have the conversation about switching to the mid-size tire, but at that point we were talking with Lewis, we were only average or sweet. "
Shovlin admitted that Mercedes' subsequent decision not to oppose Hamilton to the fall of Nico Hulkenberg was a mistake.
Mercedes left Hamilton because of a five-second penalty that he did not want to serve with a safety car. "We talked about serving the penalty with the safety car, but we were afraid of falling behind midfield cars, we did not know how fast we were going to erase them," said Shovlin.
"But in hindsight, it would have been better to do it. It was better than what we did.
"However, the really smart decision would have been to do something very similar to Stroll. We would have arrived before the safety car was finished, would serve the trouble, equip the soft tires, but we would have been one of the first cars equipped with soft tires and that would have actually given us the best overall result. "
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Hamilton radio messages since his pit stop
| In Hamilton: | OK Lewis so box, box. |
| Hamilton: | These tires are still worn. |
| In Hamilton: | Copy. Verstappen dry, like Valtteri. |
| Hamilton: | Which tire? |
| In Hamilton: | So, way for both cars, Bottas and Verstappen. |
| Hamilton: | It does not look like the right tire. |
| In Hamilton: | It's the tire that will take us to the end. Menu wet position one. |
| In Hamilton: | Stay out, stay outside, stay outside. Sector three very slippery. |
| Hamilton: | Sector three? It's still wet. |
| In Hamilton: | VSC, VSC, hold the delta positive. So box, box, let's go to the flexible tire. Cars are faster with dry tires. |
| Hamilton: | Yes, I do not think it's a medium, man. Too much a tire. |
| In Hamilton: | We will go to the soft. |
| Hamilton: | And make sure to be positive about the delta. |
| In Hamilton: | Hamilton approaching the Motodrom, So still box, box. |
| In Hamilton: | Keep the delta positive. |
| In Hamilton: | Box is slippery. |
| In Hamilton: | Hamilton leaves the stands. So, the VSC is finished. |
| In Hamilton: | So you have Grosjean, Magnussen at the exit. |
| In Hamilton: | Leclerc is gone, yellow turn 16, 17. |
| In Hamilton: | Leclerc was in sector three, so very slippery. |
| In Hamilton: | Safetty Car, Safety Car, maintains the positive delta. |
| Hamilton: | It's still slippery, man. |
| Hamilton: | Hamilton's approach This tire is risky. |
| In Hamilton: | OK copy. |
| Hamilton: | Hamilton leaves turn 16 and pbades the barrier.Box, box, I lost the gliding wing. |
| In Hamilton: | Yes. Enter? Do you want inter? |
| Hamilton: | Yes, man. |
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