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Mercedes: First pit stop could be inside five laps
Mercedes technical executive director Paddy Lowe says due to the heavy duty stress placed on tyres by the Shanghai International Circuit and the first-time use of the super-softs in China teams may be forced to pit within the first five laps. Due to the new tyre regulations for 2016 teams and drivers have been given more freedom on tyre selection and with the red-banded super-softs set to be run in Q3 for qualifying the cars at the front may go into the race on tyres with an incredibly short life expectancy. With the extreme workload placed on tyres due to the circuit layout and predicted weather conditions, Lowe believes cars starting on super-softs may have to pit very early in the race...
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