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Hakkinen rules out Hamilton title

Two-time F1 champion Mika Hakkinen does not expect Lewis Hamilton to challenge for the drivers' title in 2013. Hamilton, 28, left McLaren to join Mercedes in October but crashed on his first day of testing in Jerez this month after brake failure. 'I have a strong feeling McLaren are on top form this year,' Hakkinen, champion in 1998 and '99, told BBC radio 5 live. 'Mercedes were not exactly up to the speed I expected them to be, so I don't see them competing too much this year.' The Mercedes drivers managed only 29 laps between them on the first two days of testing in Jerez, with Hamilton's team-mate Nico Rosberg's car succumbing to an electrical fault. Two-time F1 world champion Mika...
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