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Hamilton wanted hypersoft run in Canada

Lewis Hamilton has said he would have liked to have gathered some data on the hypersoft tyres in the first two practice sessions in Canada. Mercedes struggled on the hypersofts in Monaco and their lack of confidence in the tyre is reflected in the fact that they only brought sets of the fastest compound available to Montreal with them for each driver. As a result, neither Hamilton nor Bottas set any times on the pink-striped tyre during the qualifying simulation programme and instead stuck to the ultrasoft and supersoft options. 'Hindsight is a great thing so naturally it would have been great to have been able to try the hyper today,' Hamilton said in the paddock. 'Others have,...
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