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Teams could gamble with soft tyres in sprint qualy

Contrary to earlier expectations, Pirelli F1 boss Mario Isola says some teams could gamble on soft tyres in the British GP's sprint qualifying. This weekend Silverstone is playing host to Formula 1's first trial of sprint qualifying. The drivers took part in a qualifying session on Friday night, everyone using only the soft tyres, with Lewis Hamilton quickest ahead of Max Verstappen. The finishing order of qualifying set the grid for Saturday evening's sprint qualifying race, a 17-lap dash to the line. But while Pirelli initially predicted that the medium tyre would be the rubber of choice, low degradation in practice could have some teams gambling on the soft tyres. 'It's difficult to...
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