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'They're quicker than us... at the moment,' admits Hamilton

World champion blames lack of downforce for difference in pace to Red Bull, while Christian Horner hints at sandbagging by the German team. While Mercedes topped the timesheets in Friday's opening session, Max Verstappen set the pace in the afternoon, the Dutchman enjoying a 0.4s comfort cushion over the Mercedes pair. However, as we saw in Austin, things can be turned around overnight, and even if the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez is seen as a Red Bull track, Lewis Hamilton isn't writing the weekend off just yet. 'We're giving it absolutely everything we've got,' he said, 'it's just that they're quicker than us at the moment. 'The car is generally feeling okay, we've not really had any...
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