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It all goes wrong for Hamilton in France

Indexed: Sun Jun 22, 2008 @ 03:15:21PM 6 months 2 weeks ago

McLaren's Lewis Hamilton always knew he was going to have a tough weekend at Magny-Cours, after picking up a ten-place grid penalty for his pit-lane misdemeanour in Canada, but he probably didn't think it would be quite this tough. Even starting 13th, Hamilton was at least hoping for points, but after 70 laps of the French Grand Prix circuit the Englishman trailed home a lowly tenth, thanks in large part to a drive-through penalty for straight-lining Turn Seven on lap one as he completed a pass on Toro Rosso's Sebastian Vettel...

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