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Tyre pressure changes a disaster claims Hamilton

Some F1 drivers are sceptical as to whether new operating limits communicated by Pirelli following the tyre failures at Spa will have their desired effect. Lewis Hamilton for one said that the tyre pressure aspect of the changes is "going to be a disaster". Pirelli's investigation into the blowouts at Spa concluded that they were caused in part by cuts from debris. Nevertheless Pirelli communicated to drivers and teams that new higher limits to tyre pressures as well as stricter ones to cambers are to come into force for this Italian Grand Prix weekend. Hamilton believes that the limits on tyre pressures are likely to backfire. "I'd feel...
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