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Wolff admits Hamilton faces a tough task
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Mercedes boss Toto Wolff admits Lewis Hamilton faces a "very difficult" task to recover from the back of the field in today's Belgian Grand Prix. Hamilton is due to start from 21st on the grid at Spa-Francorchamps as a result of a number of power unit penalties, with three new power units introduced this weekend resulting in a grid drop of 55 places. With Nico Rosberg only taking pole position by 0.149s from Max Verstappen - and Kimi Raikkonen just 0.017s further back - Wolff admits the gaps show Hamilton is likely to have a tough race. "At a certain stage, we needed to take it but, if you look at the gaps now, it is probably very difficult for him to...
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