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Hamilton explains Q3 tyre strategy
While Lewis Hamilton and teammate, Valtteri Bottas set their best Q2 times on the yellow-banded medium tyres, as did Charles Leclerc, they chose the same compound for their final qualifying runs, again eschewing the softs. Critically, however, for his final run, Bottas opted for one timed lap, while the world champion went for two. 'Combined with the smoothness of the track, the difficulty that we have with these tyres, and the battle that I'm having with Valtteri, it's making it hard and harder for me each weekend,' admitted Hamilton. 'He's been quickest all this weekend, all through practice, and even into some of this session. So, I didn't know whether or not I was going to get a lap...
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