Lewis Hamilton has hit out the 'ridiculous business' of one-stop races in Formula 1 and has called for the sport’s official tyre supplier Pirelli to make their compounds a lot softer to facilitate the change. In 2018 the Italian manufacturer redesigned its compounds to be a step softer after they discovered the 2017 tyres were too durable. This led to drivers not being able to push on the harder rubber and generate the temperature needed to keep the tyre in the correct operating window. Throughout the 2018 campaign, thermal blistering has been a common problem throughout the field due to the tyre management drivers face during a race without pushing the tyre too hard too...
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