"It's definitely not the weather I am used to in Australia, but we did get some dry running which is not too bad, " said Hamilton.

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We will be up against it weather-wise but we are arriving early and the players will have two weeks to get used to the English winter.

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When bad weather forces airlines to thin flight schedules, regional airlines get whacked first because carriers would rather used limited landing slots for larger airplanes with more people.

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