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Ross Brawn reckons there's no chance of a Monaco-style win for Mercedes this weekend

Team boss says they wouldn't be able to dictate race pace in Canada

Image: Ross Brawn: No chance there'll be a Monaco-style win this weekend

It probably came as a blessed relief to Ross Brawn on Saturday evening that he was finally able to deal with questions relating to the Canadian Grand Prix rather than Mercedes' recent, controversial, tyre test.

For Hamilton, there was the satisfaction of outqualifying his team-mate for the first time since his pole position in China. Brawn said that the 2008 Champion, three times a winner in Canada, has looked the stronger so far this weekend but also pointed out mitigating circumstances. "[Hamilton's] sort of quietly got on with it this weekend. He's kept his head down, worked with the engineers and I think you'll naturally get this yo yo-ing of drivers with two drivers like we've got, who are very competitive," he added. "Undoubtedly, of the two this weekend, Lewis has been happier with his lot. Nico had some radio problems today unfortunately, which has hurt him. We lost the radio in the car and in a session like that, that's the worst thing."

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