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Hamilton wanted to retire in Germany
Lewis Hamilton wanted to retire from Sunday's German GP only to be told by Mercedes 'there are always opportunities.' Hamilton had a wretched day out at the Hockenheimring as the pole-sitter lost out when, as Toto Wolff put it, a 'multitude of things' went wrong. That included a crash into the barriers for Hamilton, a pit stop that took over 50 seconds as his Mercedes needed a new front wing and a five-second time penalty for entering the pitlane the wrong side of a bollard. It is no wonder that Hamilton, who was also unwell, wanted to retired his W10 on lap 53. Race engineer Pete Bonnington: 'Okay, Lewis box, box for new soft tyres.' Hamilton: 'Retire the car.' Bonnington: 'Negative,...
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