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F1: Lewis Hamilton swerved German GP disaster 'by inches'

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Khatir Soltani
From GMM

German Grand Prix winner Lewis Hamilton of the McLaren-Mercedes team only narrowly averted a disastrous finish to last Sunday's race held on the Hockenheim circuit.

The championship leader ultimately delivered a second consecutive dominant win for his McLaren team, but he very nearly threw it away in what would have been an embarrassing gaffe at engine partner Mercedes-Benz's home race.

Britain's Independent newspaper reports that Hamilton, 23, very nearly crashed his silver McLaren into the back of the similarly Mercedes-powered safety car following Timo Glock's mid-race accident.

The near miss was not captured by the TV cameras, but on lap 41 in the stadium section, as he slowed down and then sped up in readiness for the restart, Hamilton missed hitting the safety car by a margin of "literally only inches", the newspaper said, citing eyewitnesses.
Khatir Soltani
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