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Toto Wolff defends decision not to pit under Safety Car at Silverstone

Toto Wolff stands by his team's decision not to pit Valtteri Bottas and Lewis Hamilton under the Safety Car at the British Grand Prix.

Mercedes opted to keep both of its drivers out when the Safety Car was deployed due to Marcus Ericsson's crash at Turn 1. This gave Bottas the lead of the race and track position over Sebastian Vettel, while Hamilton got ahead of Max Verstappen and Kimi Raikkonen.

Bottas was unable to fend off Vettel for the win and later lost positions to Hamilton and Raikkonen as his tyres degraded. Although pitting Bottas would have likely guaranteed both Mercedes drivers finished on the podium, Wolff has defended the call to take track position over the lead Ferrari in a bid to fight Vettel for the win

"First of all I think it was absolutely the right decision to do,'' Wolff said.