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Hamilton, Bottas both report tyre issues

Mercedes pair Lewis Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas have both reported 'challenges' with the tyres after they completed another half day of running each in Barcelona. Bottas added 86 laps to his tally, while Hamilton racked up another 91 laps on Tuesday as they finishing P2 and P4 respectively in the day one standings. However, the Mercedes W09 is struggling to get the medium tyres up to temperature and suffering from too much degradation on the soft tyres, causing them to blister. “The biggest challenge we faced today was to get the tyres working properly on this new track surface,” Hamilton said. “The medium tyre was difficult to get working; the soft tyre is better for...
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