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“Frustrating” — Lewis Hamilton on the costly “small differences” between Pirelli F1 tyre sets

It has been a year of contrasting emotions for seven-time World Champion Lewis Hamilton. After ending his winless run by taking a memorable win at the British Grand Prix back in July, the Brit followed it up with victory at Spa following George Russell’s disqualification. However, qualifying has been a real struggle for the 104-time…

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Carlos Sainz on the “very fine line” of gently bringing in Pirelli F1 tyres versus pushing immediately after a stop

Carlos Sainz explains drivers have “many things to consider” in terms of tyre warmup in the opening stages of a stint with the current Pirelli tyres. Tyre warmup and management have long been hotly discussed topics in Formula 1, with the narrow window of performance characteristic of the current spec of Pirelli tyres catching many…

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Valtteri Bottas and Zhou Guanyu driving at Circuit De Barcelona-Catalunya
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Sauber “seem in a better place” after improved showing over F1 Spanish GP weekend — Bottas

Valtteri Bottas has lamented Sauber’s struggles in the high speed after a difficult Spanish Grand Prix weekend. The Finnish driver languished in 16th place at the chequered flag after going the wrong way with strategy. He was very impressive in qualfying, missing out on Q3 by 0.118s as he ended up P12. Sauber generally looked…

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“I have never had so much understeer in my life” — Hamilton left to rue set-up choice for F1 Chinese GP with P9 finish

It was a weekend of mixed feelings for Lewis Hamilton. Friday saw him have a promising Sprint Qualifying in a wet Shanghai where he ended up in P2. He finished the Sprint Race on the second step of the podium behind a dominant Max Verstappen. It was a very different situation he faced in Sunday’s…

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