LEWIS HAMILTON fears lives could be put at risk if Formula One presses ahead with a proposal to outlaw tyre blankets.
Tyre warmers allow drivers to have rubber with suitable grip and pressure when they start the race or leave the pits.
But they use a considerable amount of energy – and their removal is being considered on cost and sustainability grounds.
Seven-time world champ Hamilton is among only a handful of drivers to have completed dry weather no-blanket running for F1’s tyre supplier Pirelli.
He said: “It is dangerous. I have tested them and there is going to be an incident at some stage.
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