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Mercedes’ Andrew Shovlin: “We seem to have a decent car to work with”

Andrew Shovlin felt it was an ‘interesting day’ at the Circuit Paul Ricard on Friday as the newly resurfaced track caused the soft Pirelli tyres to suffer more than they were expected to. Shovlin saw Lewis Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas finish first and second in the opening session on Friday morning before the duo switched places in the afternoon, with Mercedes AMG Motorsport more than half a second up on the closest challenger, which was Scuderia Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc. However, the new tarmac at Paul Ricard was causing the soft tyre to struggle, and it was clear early on that Mercedes’ rear grip in particular was not as good as it should have been, so changes were necessary in...
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