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Conditions like at the Turkish GP ‘a robbery'

Daniel Ricciardo said it would be a 'robbery' if Formula 1 made low-grip conditions like those at the Turkish GP the norm. Most of the talk coming into the race weekend was about the spectacle of seeing the fastest Formula 1 cars in history flying through the iconic Turn 8 at Istanbul Park. Could anyone take it flat out? Who would need padding to protect their neck and who would brave it without? Well, there was certainly no need for padding as the super-slippy new tarmac meant that drivers were crawling through Turn 8 and the rest of the circuit for that matter just to keep their cars on the road. And once the rain fell for FP3, qualifying and the race it became like driving on ice, or...
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