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Lewis Hamilton expecting a race full of 'lift-and-coasting'
Lewis Hamilton says he's expecting a race full of 'lift-and-coasting' because of the massive time penalty required to make a pitstop during the French Grand Prix. The pit entry and exit have both been relocated at the Paul Ricard circuit, lengthening the pitlane substantially and, with the FIA mandating a slower 60km/h speed limit as opposed to the usual 80km/h, the time penalty for stopping is just under 30-seconds. Hamilton therefore expects everyone to try and preserve their tyres to make a one-stop strategy work, which the Briton expects will result in a fairly mundane race. 'The tyres, even though we have the soft, they are pretty hard – for a single lap they are really...
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