Mercedes Team Principal Toto Wolff has defended his team's decision to keep Lewis Hamilton on used medium tyres at the end of the F1 Dutch Grand Prix, which saw the seven-time champion drop from the lead to P4 as George Russell finished second.

The Silver Arrows' pace on hard tyres was enough for them to cut into Max Verstappen's lead midway through the race, and it seemed that a one-stop strategy from Mercedes could have genuinely threatened the Dutchman's bid for victory.