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What teams do during F1's most boring sessions

AYAO KOMATSU, the Haas team's chief race engineer, explains how he uses the three practice sessions of a grand prix weekend to work on the cars to try and help race drivers Romain Grosjean and Kevin Magnussen

In Formula 1, there are two main performance differentiators to focus on: aerodynamics and tyres.

Across a grand prix weekend we have to ensure we are using the car's aerodynamics to the maximum potential for a given circuit layout. Secondly, we need to have tyres working in the correct operating window and determine our tyre strategy for qualifying and the race.

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