class="left relative"> Share Tweet Share Share Email Charlie Whiting has played down concerns about Paul Ricard's ‘patchwork' track surface. Although the French venue has prepared itself for the first grand prix in the country for a decade, drivers and engineers were alarmed when they inspected the surface on Thursday. What they found is patches and strips of mismatched and repaired asphalt, mainly in the braking and traction zones or the middle of corners. 'I've heard that there are a lot of patches here,' said Sergio Perez. 'I wonder what sort of grip we are going to find.' On June 2, there were reportedly problems during a GT race, and temperatures this weekend are...
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