In a sad testament to the state of play in Formula 1 in this era, world championship leader Lewis Hamilton believes that Sunday's race will be an exercise of lift-and-coast largely tyre related. Amid growing resentment of the fact that F1 is dictated by the tyres which Pirelli provide for each grand prix from a range of five compounds that are labelled soft, medium hard for each race. These days, maximum performance in F1 depends on the tyres and getting them into the ideal operating window, Furthermore, their durability rewards a more conservative approach rather than allowing drivers to push hard all race long. So much so they hardly break a sweat after a couple of hours in the cockpit....
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