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Hamilton: Brakes 'definitely on the limit' for second Mugello start

Lewis Hamilton says his smoking brakes were "definitely on the limit" as he prepared for the second standing start of the day in last Sunday's Tuscan Grand Prix. After the race was red flagged for a crash on the main straight that had taken place during the event's first rolling start, Hamilton lined up on the front row of the grid alongside Mercedes teammate Valtteri Bottas. But smoke was seen billowing from the front wheels of the Briton's car, a sure sign that temperatures were dangerously reaching the brakes' combustion level. "I basically had on the formation lap… a separation of my front brake temperatures by nearly two hundred degrees," Hamilton explained....
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