‘It is DANGEROUS’: Lewis Hamilton warns Formula One chiefs that axing tyre warmers could put lives at risk with a vote set to take place this summer… as the seven-time world champion claims banning them would be a ‘pointless exercise’

Lewis Hamilton fears lives could be put at risk if Formula One presses ahead with a proposal to outlaw tyre blankets. Hamilton was addressing the contentious topic on the final day of this week’s three-day test in Bahrain. ‘It is difficult to sum it up,’ said Hamilton when asked to asses his chances ahead of next Sunday’s opening race, also in Bahrain. Hamilton took over testing duties from Russell for the concluding session in Bahrain and finished second, four tenths adrift of Verstappen’s Red Bull team-mate Sergio Perez. With Verstappen sitting the final day out, Perez set the quickest lap of the week to underline Red Bull’s pace – even though Hamilton was on the softest, and theoretically, speediest rubber. Leclerc, a distant second to Verstappen in the championships last season, said: ‘I feel we have got some work to do.

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