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Hamilton predicts boring ‘one-stop' French GP
Lewis Hamilton has warned F1 could be on track for a boring French Grand Prix due to graining of the soft tyres and 'so darn hard' mediums. The drivers complained about Pirelli's soft tyres throughout Friday's two practice sessions at the Paul Ricard circuit. The red-marked tyres began graining after a handful of laps with a notable drop off in pace. As for the other compounds, the medium and hard, those continued to last lap after lap. As such Hamilton predicts a rather boring one-stop French GP will be on the cards. 'On the long run, they don't like the heavy car, the soft tyres,' said the Mercedes driver. 'They grain quite heavily, quite easily. So I don't think you'll be going very far...
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