In the round-up: Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff says the team would be published more severely for its Monaco Grand Prix tyre choice error at a track like the Circuity Gilles Villeneuve.

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What they say Wolff said Mercedes were “lucky” to win in Monaco after putting Lewis Hamilton on the medium compound tyres: I think going back to normal race tracks we need to accept that we, in terms of tyre life, need to learn from Monaco and understand why that was because this situation in Montreal, we lose the race. I think from a mindset we must never be carried away by saying ‘we are flying at the moment and it’s going to continue like this’. Our mindset is that we were a bit lucky to actually win that race.

Quotes: Dieter Rencken

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