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The three key components to Hamilton's famous first Ferrari win
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When the tyre covers were removed on the Barcelona-Catalunya Grand Prix grid, Lewis Hamilton was one of just three drivers inside the top 10 on the soft compound. George Russell, on pole, was starting on mediums, as was almost everyone else.
That ambitious starting tyre was crucial to the overall outcome, but it was only one component in a strategically thrilling battle in Spain that ended in Hamilton’s famous first Ferrari victory.
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