Mercedes relied on its Dual Axis Steering sy🦹stem “more than ever” during Formula 1’s Eifel Grand Prix to combat the particularly cold conditions at the Nurburgring.

Race leader Lewis Hamilton and 💎second-placed Max Verstappen both expressed concerns about low tyre temperatures and complained about the slow speed of the Safety Car during a late Safety Car per🍒iod in Sunday’s race.

Hamilton maintained his lead with a strong restart wh🐻ile Verstappen dropped back after locking up into ℱthe final corner, with Hamilton going on to record his 91st career victory in Germany.

Mercedes chief strategist Jameꦏs Vowles explained that the DAS system came in hanꦉdy at the restart, enabling Hamilton to help get his tyres back up to temperature.

“It is fair to say we used DAS more than ever this weekend,” Vowleꦍs said.

“In terms of where we used it in the race it was on the formation lap, but also when we were behind the Safety Car. Where we had a number of laps circulating o⛎n tyres that were just getting colder and colder.

“I think it is fair to say 💙DAS was a contributing factor to why our restart was so good and really came into it’s own this weekend.”

Red Bull team principal Christian Horner said directly a✃fter the race that he had suspected Mercedes DAS system had given Hamilton a crucial advantage at the restart.

"I thinkജ because the Safety Car waited so long for the field to caꦗtch up and was going so slowly, the tyre temperature was a big issue," he said.

”And I think that Merce꧟des with their DAS system are perhaps able to handle that perhaps better than weꩵ were, so the restart was a little tricky.”