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Lewis Hamilton's off not to blame for hydraulic failure - Mercedes

Mercedes has outlined the cause of the failure that has left Lewis Hamilton facing starting the German Grand Prix from 14th on the grid. Hamilton had secured safe passage through to Q2 when he suffered a hydraulic failure in the closing stages of Q1, and Mercedes ordered the Briton to halt his W09 on track. Hamilton obliged at the exit of Turn 10 and briefly attempted to push his car back to the pits, before aborting such a plan, slumping disconsolately beside his stricken W09. A replay showed that Hamilton had run significantly wide over the vast Turn 1 exit kerbs on the same lap, briefly catching from air as he attempted to re-join the circuit. Hamilton explained in the immediate...
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