Mercedes have cleared up Lewis Hamilton's disastrous qualifying after a difference of opinion emerged over the cause of his early exit in Germany. Hamilton was seen running wide at Turn 1 during Q1 and that led some to suggest the Brit caused damage to the car by hitting the unforgiving kerb. Hamilton said that the problems started before that particular incident happened, but Mercedes chief Toto Wolff initially thought that the kerb could have caused the hydraulic leak that denied Hamilton a shot at pole position for the German Grand Prix. Mercedes, who had already swept away other rumours after reports claimed Hamilton was too unwell to take part in FP3, have released a statement to...
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