Permane: The damage was done when Kimi was held up by Lewis 10 July, 2013 Lewis Hamilton versus Kimi Raikkonen at Nurburgring Kimi Raikkonen came ever so close to winning the German Grand Prix, but fell short of snatching victory from Sebastian Vettel on the final lap and the team's trackside operations director Alan Permane blames Lewis Hamilton. Speaking in the aftermath of a thrilling race at Nurburgring, Permane said, 'The damage was done when Kimi was held up by Lewis [Hamilton] after his first pit stop, but he came back fighting at the end of the race to finish a very close second with a little help from the safety car.' However the Lotus man did concede, 'To be honest we did expect...
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