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Hamilton: Mercedes W08 ‘looks like a boat'

Lewis Hamilton has compared the new Mercedes car for 2017 to a 'boat' after watching its progression over the last few months. The Brit is once again bidding for a fourth World Championship after narrowly missing out in 2016, and revealed that there is a notable difference compared to the W07 hybrid. 'I've seen it in the wind tunnel, I've watched it progress from basically a baby to what it is today,' Hamilton said during a Facebook Q&A with UBS. 'When the 2009 car came in it looked terrible in the wind tunnel because it looked different but eventually you get [used to] that car and [then] the old cars look weird, and I think that's going to be the same. 'I mean it looks like a boat, it's...
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