DutchGP winner Verstappen admits it was 'very surprising' that Mercedes managed to make a one-stop strategy work. F1
into contention after opting for a one-stop strategy and displaying good pace on both the medium and the hard tyre.
"I have to say these tyres are very stiff, the C1 and C2. And they just didn't seem to really switch on for us as good as they did for them. Verstappen realised Mercedes was becoming a growing threat in the race when he made the switch from softs to mediums, only to see the silver cars were"still doing good lap times."
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