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[TD="bgcolor: #efefef"]Fernando Alonso[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #efefef"]Ferrari[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #efefef"]F14 T[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #efefef, align: center"]1:27.515[/TD]
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[TD="bgcolor: #efefef"]Felipe Massa[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #efefef"]Williams[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #efefef"]FW36[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #efefef, align: center"]1:33.087[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #efefef, align: center"]5.572[/TD]
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[TD="bgcolor: #efefef"]Lewis Hamilton[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #efefef"]Mercedes[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #efefef"]W05[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #efefef, align: center"]1:36.344[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #efefef, align: center"]8.829[/TD]
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[TD="bgcolor: #efefef"]Jean-Eric Vergne[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #efefef"]Toro Rosso[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #efefef"]STR9[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #efefef, align: center"]1:47.162[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #efefef, align: center"]19.647[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #efefef, align: center"]9[/TD]
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[TD="bgcolor: #efefef, align: center"]5.[/TD]
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[TD="bgcolor: #efefef"]Jenson Button[/TD]
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[TD="bgcolor: #efefef"]Robin Frijns[/TD]
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[TD="bgcolor: #efefef"]Daniel Juncadella[/TD]
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[TD="bgcolor: #efefef, align: center"]8.[/TD]
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[TD="bgcolor: #efefef"]Jules Bianchi[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #efefef"]Marussia F1 Team[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #efefef"]MR03[/TD]
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[TD="bgcolor: #efefef, align: center"]9.[/TD]
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[TD="bgcolor: #efefef"]Daniel Ricciardo[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #efefef"]Red Bull[/TD]
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[TD="bgcolor: #efefef"]Adrian Sutil[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #efefef"]Sauber[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #efefef"]C33[/TD]
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Burn from autosport



09:28 Eight laps now for Hamilton, and he is still improving. A 1m27.356s moves him onto the tail of Alonso.

It also means he's completed, in this single stint, the same amount of running as Sebastian Vettel and Red Bull managed over the entirety of day two.

09:30 Red Bull are getting ready to run however.

The team tells AUTOSPORT the engine has been fired up this morning, and that it is completing final checks.

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[TD="bgcolor: #efefef"]Fernando Alonso[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #efefef"]Ferrari[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #efefef"]Fer.[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #efefef"]F14 T[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #efefef, align: center"]1:26.321[/TD]
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[TD="bgcolor: #efefef, align: center"]12[/TD]
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[TD="bgcolor: #dedede, align: center"]2.[/TD]
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[TD="bgcolor: #dedede"]Lewis Hamilton[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #dedede"]Mercedes[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #dedede"]Mer.[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #dedede"]W05[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #dedede, align: center"]1:27.356[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #dedede, align: center"]1.035[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #dedede, align: center"]19[/TD]
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[TD="bgcolor: #efefef, align: center"]3.[/TD]
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[TD="bgcolor: #efefef"]Felipe Massa[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #efefef"]Williams[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #efefef"]Mer.[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #efefef"]FW36[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #efefef, align: center"]1:33.087[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #efefef, align: center"]6.766[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #efefef, align: center"]5[/TD]
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[TD="bgcolor: #dedede, align: center"]4.[/TD]
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[TD="bgcolor: #dedede"]Jean-Eric Vergne[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #dedede"]Toro Rosso[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #dedede"]Ren.[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #dedede"]STR9[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #dedede, align: center"]1:45.525[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #dedede, align: center"]19.204[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #dedede, align: center"]13[/TD]
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[TD="bgcolor: #efefef, align: center"]5.[/TD]
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[TD="bgcolor: #efefef"]Jenson Button[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #efefef"]McLaren[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #efefef"]Mer.[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #efefef"]MP4-29[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #efefef, align: center"]-[/TD]
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[TD="bgcolor: #dedede, align: center"]6.[/TD]
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[TD="bgcolor: #dedede"]Robin Frijns[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #dedede"]Caterham[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #dedede"]Ren.[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #dedede"]CT05[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #dedede, align: center"]-[/TD]
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[TD="bgcolor: #efefef, align: center"]7.[/TD]
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[TD="bgcolor: #efefef"]Adrian Sutil[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #efefef"]Sauber[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #efefef"]Fer.[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #efefef"]C33[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #efefef, align: center"]-[/TD]
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[TD="bgcolor: #dedede"]Daniel Juncadella[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #dedede"]Force India[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #dedede"]Mer.[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #dedede"]VJM07[/TD]
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[TD="bgcolor: #efefef"]Jules Bianchi[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #efefef"]Marussia[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #efefef"]Fer.[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #efefef"]MR03[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #efefef, align: center"]-[/TD]
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[TD="bgcolor: #dedede, align: center"]10.[/TD]
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[TD="bgcolor: #dedede"]Daniel Ricciardo[/TD]
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[TD="bgcolor: #dedede"]Ren.[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #dedede"]RB10[/TD]
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09:38 Hamilton brings that 12-lap stint (14 including out and in) to a close. It was very consistent - he improved every lap for the first seven, then hung around the 1m27s for the remainder.
 
After Christian Horner's comment the other day that they had achieved so many incredible things at Red Bull over the last few years that failure was not in their vocabulary it's very hard not to experience a massive schadenfreude rush at the moment. But it feels so good.

Having said that they will be fine now and I'll look silly. Trying to enjoy it while I can.
 
Matt Somerfield ‏@SomersF12m
Still confused as to why the RB10 hasn't got the FOM camera's applied to the side of the Nosecone #WhatAreYouHiding pic.twitter.com/UJlBdU59dB


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Red Bull out soon it seems, but they're already 100+ laps behind some teams:

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[TD="bgcolor: #efefef"]Fernando Alonso[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #efefef"]Ferrari[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #efefef"]Fer.[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #efefef"]F14 T[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #efefef, align: center"]1:26.017[/TD]
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[TD="bgcolor: #efefef, align: center"]20[/TD]
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[TD="bgcolor: #dedede, align: center"]2.[/TD]
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[TD="bgcolor: #dedede"]Jenson Button[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #dedede"]McLaren[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #dedede"]Mer.[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #dedede"]MP4-29[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #dedede, align: center"]1:27.349[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #dedede, align: center"]1.332[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #dedede, align: center"]9[/TD]
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[TD="bgcolor: #efefef, align: center"]3.[/TD]
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[TD="bgcolor: #efefef"]Lewis Hamilton[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #efefef"]Mercedes[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #efefef"]Mer.[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #efefef"]W05[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #efefef, align: center"]1:27.356[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #efefef, align: center"]1.339[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #efefef, align: center"]25[/TD]
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[TD="bgcolor: #dedede, align: center"]4.[/TD]
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[TD="bgcolor: #dedede"]Felipe Massa[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #dedede"]Williams[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #dedede"]Mer.[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #dedede"]FW36[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #dedede, align: center"]1:33.087[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #dedede, align: center"]7.070[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #dedede, align: center"]5[/TD]
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[TD="bgcolor: #efefef, align: center"]5.[/TD]
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[TD="bgcolor: #efefef"]Adrian Sutil[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #efefef"]Sauber[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #efefef"]Fer.[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #efefef"]C33[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #efefef, align: center"]1:33.258[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #efefef, align: center"]7.241[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #efefef, align: center"]6[/TD]
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[TD="bgcolor: #dedede, align: center"]6.[/TD]
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[TD="bgcolor: #dedede"]Jean-Eric Vergne[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #dedede"]Toro Rosso[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #dedede"]Ren.[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #dedede"]STR9[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #dedede, align: center"]1:45.525[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #dedede, align: center"]19.508[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #dedede, align: center"]14[/TD]
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[TD="bgcolor: #efefef, align: center"]7.[/TD]
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[TD="bgcolor: #efefef"]Robin Frijns[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #efefef"]Caterham[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #efefef"]Ren.[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #efefef"]CT05[/TD]
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[TD="bgcolor: #dedede, align: center"]8.[/TD]
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[TD="bgcolor: #dedede"]Daniel Juncadella[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #dedede"]Force India[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #dedede"]Mer.[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #dedede"]VJM07[/TD]
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[TD="bgcolor: #efefef, align: center"]9.[/TD]
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[TD="bgcolor: #efefef"]Jules Bianchi[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #efefef"]Marussia[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #efefef"]Fer.[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #efefef"]MR03[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #efefef, align: center"]-[/TD]
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[TD="bgcolor: #dedede, align: center"]10.[/TD]
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[TD="bgcolor: #dedede"]Daniel Ricciardo[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #dedede"]Red Bull[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #dedede"]Ren.[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #dedede"]RB10[/TD]
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McLaren running some big sensors on their RW:
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Over two hours in, still no Red Bull. Must be car issues as well as engine, maybe they dont want to butcher the bodywork for cooling so are manufacturing something?

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[TD="bgcolor: #efefef"]Lewis Hamilton[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #efefef"]Mercedes[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #efefef"]Mer.[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #efefef"]W05[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #efefef, align: center"]1:25.973[/TD]
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[TD="bgcolor: #efefef, align: center"]29[/TD]
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[TD="bgcolor: #dedede, align: center"]2.[/TD]
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[TD="bgcolor: #dedede"]Fernando Alonso[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #dedede"]Ferrari[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #dedede"]Fer.[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #dedede"]F14 T[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #dedede, align: center"]1:26.017[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #dedede, align: center"]0.044[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #dedede, align: center"]20[/TD]
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[TD="bgcolor: #efefef, align: center"]3.[/TD]
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[TD="bgcolor: #efefef"]Jenson Button[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #efefef"]McLaren[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #efefef"]Mer.[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #efefef"]MP4-29[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #efefef, align: center"]1:26.503[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #efefef, align: center"]0.530[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #efefef, align: center"]13[/TD]
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[TD="bgcolor: #dedede, align: center"]4.[/TD]
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[TD="bgcolor: #dedede"]Felipe Massa[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #dedede"]Williams[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #dedede"]Mer.[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #dedede"]FW36[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #dedede, align: center"]1:33.087[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #dedede, align: center"]7.114[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #dedede, align: center"]5[/TD]
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[TD="bgcolor: #efefef, align: center"]5.[/TD]
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[TD="bgcolor: #efefef"]Adrian Sutil[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #efefef"]Sauber[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #efefef"]Fer.[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #efefef"]C33[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #efefef, align: center"]1:33.258[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #efefef, align: center"]7.285[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #efefef, align: center"]6[/TD]
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[TD="bgcolor: #dedede, align: center"]6.[/TD]
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[TD="bgcolor: #dedede"]Jean-Eric Vergne[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #dedede"]Toro Rosso[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #dedede"]Ren.[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #dedede"]STR9[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #dedede, align: center"]1:45.525[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #dedede, align: center"]19.552[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #dedede, align: center"]17[/TD]
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[TD="bgcolor: #efefef, align: center"]7.[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #efefef"]
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[TD="bgcolor: #efefef"]Robin Frijns[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #efefef"]Caterham[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #efefef"]Ren.[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #efefef"]CT05[/TD]
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[TD="bgcolor: #dedede, align: center"]8.[/TD]
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[TD="bgcolor: #dedede"]Daniel Juncadella[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #dedede"]Force India[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #dedede"]Mer.[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #dedede"]VJM07[/TD]
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[TD="bgcolor: #efefef, align: center"]9.[/TD]
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[TD="bgcolor: #efefef"]Jules Bianchi[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #efefef"]Marussia[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #efefef"]Fer.[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #efefef"]MR03[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #efefef, align: center"]-[/TD]
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Ben Edwards ‏@benedwardstv2m
Renault still appear to be having a tough time. No sign of the Red Bull and the Toro Rosso and Caterham have been stuttering around.
 
BrightLampShade said:
Over two hours in, still no Red Bull. Must be car issues as well as engine, maybe they dont want to butcher the bodywork for cooling so are manufacturing something?

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Red Bull sat out the first day, Toro Rosso ran. STR missed yesterday, RBR ran. STR running today, RBR not. It's like they're having to share an engine. Maybe Red Bull, Caterham and Toro Rosso have two engines between them, good job Lotus aren't there too.
 
Engine covers for the Renault teams seem a lot bulkier than the others, who have all pretty much been able to add fins to the tops of theirs (presume to meet regs?)
 
51LV3R8RR04 said:
People on twitter saying the Renault still isn't sounding good.
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Is it likely they are using reduced revs and boost to ensure some sort of reliability?

If they're suffering from heat issues then this will help. Imagine they just want to get miles on the cars so they can at least get some telemetary from engine and aero sides.
 
10:20 Hamilton is still going - this stint is up to 13 laps and counting - but he's been bumped off the top as Button comes round in 1m25.030s.



Like team mates again, one trying speed, one long stints :)

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Well to be honest if it's turbo heat causing the Renault engine problems, I guess it's doing what it's meant to be doing. It's just the MGU-H unit is meant to collect that heat and turn it into energy, pass it through the turbo so the engine doesn't burn up which it hasn't been doing.
 
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