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Hamilton expects 'tricky' first stint on ultrasofts
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Pole sitter Lewis Hamilton says he expects his opening stint in Sunday’s Austrian Grand Prix to be “tricky”, with the Mercedes man having to start on the high-degradation ultrasoft tyre. F1 drivers must line up on the grid with the compound they used to set their fastest times in Q2. While Mercedes sent both Hamilton and team-mate Nico Rosberg on the purple-marked tyre, rivals Ferrari and Red Bull opted to go on the harder, red-banded supersoft compound. Quizzed on his team’s strategy, Hamilton initially said: “I just did what I was told. “Our strategists understand the ultrasoft is the better tyre. We had the supersoft available. “I’m assuming they...
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