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Hamilton: Daytime Bahrain practice "terrible" and "a waste"

Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton says daytime Friday practice in Bahrain is "a waste of a session", as the heat makes the cars "horrible to drive". The Bahrain Grand Prix joined the F1 calendar in 2004 and became a night race from 2014 onwards. With the regular F1 weekend schedule in place, FP2, qualifying and the race itself are thus run in cooler conditions in the evening – but Friday's opening practice and Saturday's sole practice sessions are run in of daytime. Hamilton says scorching heat during FP1 this Friday has meant there was nothing to learn from the session, as he believes the tyres are not suited to running in such conditions. "It's always weird, I...
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