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Mercedes race simulation run marred by 'graining' issue

Race simulation work conducted by Mercedes in Barcelona on Wednesday revealed that tyre graining is an issue teams will likely have to contend with in 2019 according to the team's technical director James Allison. Bewteen Valtteri Bottas' work in the morning and Lewis Hamilton's programme in the afternoon, Mercedes enjoyed a combined 176 laps of mileage on the second day of the last week of pre-season testing. The German squad is still fine-tuning its W10, the latest specification of which was rolled out on Monday. Sainz stays top on day 6, Ferrari repairs sideline Leclerc Hamilton's workload included a race simulation during which Mercedes 2019 contender suffered graining issues, a...
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