Lewis Hamilton will attend Pirelli's 2018 tyre test later this week with Mercedes, in a rare move for the 32-year-old. Despite a well known dislike for testing, Hamilton admitted to volunteering for the test later this week, giving him a chance to experience Paul Ricard for the first time in a little over nine years; and the first in current machinery, ahead of the circuit's return to the Grand Prix calendar next year. Hamilton declined to test Pirelli's ‘mule car' ahead of the huge regulation changes for 2017, allowing title rival Sebastian Vettel to gain crucial early knowledge of the new cars – even through stringent control from Pirelli tries to prevent teams and drivers...
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