GPI 2017 Spanish Grand Prix | Page 136

MAGICAL T oto Wolf has credited Mercedes chief strategist James Vowles for an inspired strategy call which contributed to Lewis Hamilton’s hard fought victory at the Spanish Grand Prix. A Virtual Safety Car (VSC) period was triggered on lap 34 when McLaren’s Stoffel Vandoorne collided with the Williams of Felipe Massa in Turn 1. Marshals took three laps to clear the cars and debris, while Mercedes pretended to ignore the pitstop opportunity that the VSC presented, but