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Hulkenberg: Only race conditions will test wets

Nico Hulkenberg stopped short of calling Pirelli's wet tyre tests a waste of time but did clear that no one will really know how the tyres performance until under race conditions. The Formula 1 teams took to an artificially soaked Circuit de Catalunya on Thursday with the FIA declaring that the final day of the opening test would be dedicated to helping Pirelli test their wet weather tyres. There wasn't, however, much running to be had. Instead of drivers hitting the 100-lap mark, as some had done earlier in the week, they were cautious especially at a time where spare parts are few and far between. As such Hulkenberg covered just 51 laps 'Obviously early in the season it's a bit of a risk...
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