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F1 2013 – Mercedes to get first taste of new Pirelli tyres

Mercedes will be doing “extra homework” at the Hungarian grand prix practice sessions to get up to speed with the new Pirelli tyres that other teams trialled during the young driver test, which Mercedes were banned from taking part in. Lewis Hamilton said 'First we will need to do extra homework on Friday to understand how the new tyres work with our car, then we will have to get to grips with the high temperatures, a demanding circuit and the soft and medium compound Pirelli tyres.'During the race at the Nurburgring, we were overheating the tyres and we want to minimise the chance of suffering a repeat problem in Hungary, where the track temperatures will also be high.'The team has...
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