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Jake Boxall-Legge

"At least a two-stop": George Russell and Lewis Hamilton expect Barcelona GP to be hard on tyres

High tyre degradation at the Formula 1 Barcelona Grand Prix will create small differences between the three compounds and considerable strategic variation during Sunday's race, according to pole winner George Russell.

Friday's long runs over FP2 demonstrated that the medium compound was dropping off at around three tenths per lap across the opening 10-12 laps of a stint, before dropping off further once beyond that threshold.

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