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Jonathan Noble

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The iconic figure-of-eight track has always been punishing on its rubber, but things could well be a bit more extreme this time around.

Race day is expected to be another scorcher, and complaints that George Russell mentioned on Friday about a "strange" sliding have been caused by a track surface that has had a 15% drop in macro roughness (so effective grip) compared to 12 months ago.

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