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Two-stop in Styria would have committed Bottas to P4
Mercedes said that if they had put Valtteri Bottas onto a two-stop strategy in Styria, he would have certainly finished P4. Bottas was able to get ahead of Red Bull's Sergio Perez and into the podium places after a slow stop for the Mexican opened the door for Mercedes. From there Red Bull converted Perez to a two-stop strategy, telling him that he would be on Bottas' tail by the final lap, a prediction which was correct, but ultimately it was too late for Perez to snatch P3. There was a period in the race where Mercedes were also looking at the two-stopper for Bottas, but ultimately, Mercedes believe their decision to stay away from it was very much the right one, since Bottas was not...
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