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Hamilton frustrated by Mercedes' limited supply of hypersoft tyres

Lewis Hamilton says Mercedes' decision to take on only a limited set of hypersoft tyres for the Canadian Grand Prix weekend was perhaps not ideal in hindsight. The German squad's drivers refrained from using Pirelli's pink-rimmed softest compound on Friday in order to preserve its inventory. But Hamilton rued the lack of running. "Ultimately we don’t have as many hypersofts as everyone else," said the four-time world champion. "I don’t know if people watching know, but they [the teams] have to select quite far ahead and from the [pre-season] test when the tyres didn’t last, that was the information we got then. "We planned for a different strategy from what...
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