TREMAYNE: Why dejected Norris should take heart from Hamilton’s smile in Spain


Lewis Hamilton’s disappointment was almost palpable on Friday evening at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya.
With the race at Imola called off, Monaco had seen the debut of the long-awaited upgrades that everyone within Mercedes desperately hoped would help them, literally, to turn a corner and take the fight to Red Bull. But with its tight, slow and medium-speed corners, the Principality was hardly the place to make a fine judgement on the new package.
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