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Hamilton quotes Mandela following qualifying heartbreak

In the hours after today's qualifying session which saw him suffer a hydraulics failure which mean he will start tomorrow's German Grand Prix from the seventh row, while title rival Sebastian Vettel starts from pole, Lewis Hamilton gave further insight to the issue whilst also quoting Nelson Mandela in response to those who celebrated his misfortune. 'FYI to avoid all assumptions, today was nobody's fault,' he wrote on Instagram. 'When I got to the exit of curb of Turn 1, the hydraulics in the steering failed. 'When this happened the car pulled to the left and so I was forced to drive off the track and subsequently take a bumpy ride before rejoining. Those big bumps did zero damage. 'These...
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