Drivers better prepared than ever say F1 bosses


Formula One F1 - Monaco Grand Prix - Circuit de Monaco, Monte Carlo, Monaco - May 25, 2019 Mercedes' Lewis Hamilton celebrates qualifying in pole position REUTERS/Benoit Tessier

MONTREAL (Reuters) - Drivers are fitter and more prepared than ever Formula One team bosses said on Friday, denying Lewis Hamilton's claims that F1 had become so easy physically that youngsters could step into the cockpit without doing any hard work.

Hamilton, who is looking to match Michael Schumacher's Canada Grand Prix record with a seventh win on Sunday, told reporters that drivers should feel like they have run a marathon at the end of race and recalled earlier drivers who were so exhausted they could not get out of their cars.

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