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Hamilton: Disastrous Istanbul surface ‘S*** with a capital S'
Lewis Hamilton has hit out at organisers of Formula 1’s Turkish Grand Prix, labelling Istanbul Park as “terrifying” to drive, in the wake of recent work carried out to the venue. Drivers struggled for grip upon Formula 1’s return to Istanbul Park, the resurfacing of which was only recently completed, and lap times were substantially slower than expected. The best laps were in the 1:35s in FP1, slower than the fastest times managed by the GP2 Series in 2011, and while Max Verstappen worked down to a 1:28 in FP2 it was still off the expected pace. Sebastian Vettel crept into the 1:25s upon Formula 1’s last visit in 2011 to claim pole position while Mercedes’ pre-event simulation...
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