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Hamilton blames race loss on clutch

id="story_continues_1" itemprop="description"> Lewis Hamilton blamed losing the Austrian Grand Prix to team-mate Nico Rosberg on a technical problem with his car's start procedure. Hamilton started from pole but made a slow start and was passed on the run to the first corner by Rosberg, who dominated the rest of the race. 'I did everything I was supposed to do but the clutch keeps under-performing,' Hamilton said. He said it was 'something we need to work on' after a run of poor starts. The problem started, Hamilton said, after Mercedes made changes to the cars' clutches ahead of last month's Spanish Grand Prix. Huge crash on first lap of Austrian GP The team changed...
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