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Mercedes cars struggle with tyres

Nico Rosberg and Lewis Hamilton finished the Spanish Grand Prix in sixth and 12th places today. It was overall a very difficult race for Mercedes AMG with both cars struggling with tyre degradation after starting from the front row of the grid. Nico Rosberg, F1 W04 / 03, 6th: 'I had a very tough race this afternoon. The start was good and I managed my first stint well to keep some of the quicker cars behind me. From there, I had to drive my own race and we began to go backwards as it made no sense to destroy my tyres by trying to stay ahead. We didn't have the pace of the quickest cars today and there's a growing gap to three teams ahead of us which we need to get on top of. We have a very...
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