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Hamilton: Jeez the guy behind me is so much younger

Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton showed the young pretender who was boss by fending off Red Bull's Max Verstappen in the closing laps of the Japanese Grand Prix. The Formula 1  championship leader, whose Ferrari rival Sebastian Vettel retired with an engine issue on the fourth lap, had enjoyed a straightforward Sunday from pole position. But just when the 32-year-old seemed set for a trouble-free run to the 61st win of his career, his pace suddenly dropped and he complained of tyre vibrations following a period under a virtual safety car. For a moment it seemed as if Verstappen, the Dutch driver who turned 20 last week and won for Red Bull in Malaysia a day later, would steal an...
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