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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
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Matt Majendie

Lewis Hamilton takes blame over George Russell crash in Qatar as he’s hit with fine

Lewis Hamilton accepted the blame for his opening-lap crash at Sunday’s Qatar Grand Prix which ended his race prematurely.

Hamilton had been trying to force his way past team-mate George Russell and polesitter Max Verstappen, but in attempting to go around the outside, he misjudged the space and clipped the left-front tyre of Russell’s Mercedes with his right rear.

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