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Hamilton gives up on drinks bottle to save weight

Lewis Hamilton has revealed that he is not carrying a drinks bottle in his Formula 1 car this year in a bid to help save weight. Mercedes has been working hard to bring down the weight of its W08 challenger, after starting the campaign struggling to get near the 728kg weight limit for car and driver. Although improvements have been made over the course of the first five races, the team still needs to find further savings so it can start using ballast to help better balance the car. So on the edge is Mercedes, and so close is the fight with Ferrari, that Hamilton has elected to sacrifice having drinks during the race to help save a bit more weight. The lack of liquid will help shave off a...
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