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Hamilton: Kerbs need changing before "someone gets hurt"

Reigning Formula 1 champion Lewis Hamilton has called for changes to kerbs at the Red Bull Ring, which are believed to have contributed to two suspension failures during qualifying. The kerbs at the track have been redone in order to more harshly penalise those going off-track and the change has now contributed to several incidents throughout the weekend. After Max Verstappen crashed over the kerbs in FP1, three more drivers have had suspension failures on Saturday - Nico Rosberg in FP3 and Sergio Perez and Daniil Kvyat in Q1. It was an especially worrying shunt for Kvyat, whose right-rear suspension gave out when he drove over the kerbs at Turn 8, with the Russian a passenger when the car...
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