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Hamilton worried tyres could hurt title bid

BUDAPEST, July 25, 2013 (AFP) - Lewis Hamilton admitted on Thursday he is concerned that Pirelli's new tyres could wreck his hopes of mounting a challenge for this year's world championship. The 28-year-old Briton said he hoped that the new rubber would not upset his Mercedes team's performance at the Hungarian Grand Prix as much as the Italian company's tyres did three weeks ago in Germany. Mercedes were the only team not to take part in the recent Silverstone test session for Pirelli's new tyres after being banned due to their part in the controversial "secret" test at Barcelona earlier in the season. "We haven't understood these tyres, or we would have had better...
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