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'Silly' wet tyre rules 'rob the fans', says Hamilton

Championship leader Lewis Hamilton has called for an overhaul of Formula 1's rules restricting the number of wet tyres each driver can use during a Grand Prix event. He was speaking after wet weather in Suzuka meant there was virtually no running in the second free practice session on Friday. It had been a major damp squib for the fans who had come to see their favourite drivers in action. "The fans are pretty special here," Hamilton said on the day. "To be out there in the rain, waiting for us to go out through the whole of FP2. "I wanted to go out and at least give them a little bit of a show," he added. "Hopefully at least they got to see something as not...
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