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Hamilton: 2017 mule car tyre testing a "waste of my time"
Lewis Hamilton believes testing the prototype 2017 Formula 1 tyres with modified cars last year would have been a "waste of time" because of the differences to this year's machinery. Mercedes, Ferrari and Red Bull provided modified 2015 cars designed to simulate the performance of this year's faster breed of F1 single-seaters to allow Pirelli to prepare its new, bigger tyres for 2017. While Sebastian Vettel carried out much of Ferrari's testing, Hamilton pulled out of his only run for Mercedes in Abu Dhabi last year feeling unwell, having missed a previously scheduled test due to a sore foot. When asked by Motorsport.com if Vettel's Australian GP victory, in a race where Mercedes...
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