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F1 should celebrate record-breaking hybrid cars - Toto Wolff
Formula 1 must promote the current generation of cars better than it currently does, according to Mercedes motorsport chief Toto Wolff. Lewis Hamilton broke the all-time lap record around Bahrain’s Sakhir circuit during qualifying for the 2016 Bahrain Grand Prix, pipping Mark Webber’s original 2005 record by just 0.034s. Wolff reckons such a feat should be celebrated more than it has, considering Hamilton managed his lap in a hybrid-powered V6 car, compared to Webber’s V10-powered Williams-BMW which weighed 100kg less than the current cars. 'We've done that [lap record] with a much heavier car, a standard tyre, not like in the old days where there was a tyre war...
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