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Red Bull push for ‘quali mode' ban amused Hamilton
Six-time World Champion Lewis Hamilton is 'amused' by the fact that Red Bull pushed so hard to get ‘quali modes' banned. As of the Italian Grand Prix teams will no longer be allowed to use these short-term power boosts to extract the maximum performance from their engines in qualifying. In the run up to the event Red Bull advisor Helmut Marko gladly admitted that the team had pushed hard for the ban and now expects Mercedes to fall nicely into their clutches. But that amuses Hamilton, since it seems that the FIA's previous rationale for the ban, that being that it was so they could police engine usage better, has been exposed for an effort to actually just cater to Red Bull's wishes....
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