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Race analysis: How Hamilton kept title hopes alive after start disaster

The Japanese Grand Prix may have seen all 22 cars finish and run virtually incident-free, but Lewis Hamilton's charge after a poor start ensured there was still plenty of drama. Adam Cooper takes a closer look. Nico Rosberg may have cruised to an easy ninth win of the season, but we saw some great racing down the field, and inevitably the highlight was Hamilton’s recovery as once again a Mercedes driver was left with work to do after making a bad start. In this case, Lewis slipped to eighth, but by the flag he had managed to limit the damage to his championship hopes with third place, having come oh so close to relieving Max Verstappen of second. Hamilton and his team have now become...
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