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Hamilton rallies after costly crash
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July 24, 2010, Saturday
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FORMULA One championship leader Lewis Hamilton suffered a costly crash in practice for the German Grand Prix yesterday while rivals Ferrari and Red Bull showed off their speed.
McLaren's Hamilton had to sit out all but 12 minutes of the afternoon session, led by Ferrari's Fernando Alonso, after skidding off and smashing sideways into the tire wall in the morning.
The impact, after the McLaren snapped right and skimmed across the grass, damaged three corners of the car. "I'm in the wall, the car is damaged. Heavily," he said over the team radio.
The 2008 world champion, a winner at Hockenheim in 2008, still managed to set the seventh fastest time despite completing just 10 laps after lunch to add to the eight he did in the morning.
Teammate Jenson Button, the reigning world champion who is 12 points behind the younger Briton, ended the first session third fastest but was only 15th in the second.
Overall leader McLaren had hoped to get some testing miles on its new floor and 'blown diffuser' but the wet conditions made that difficult.
While it struggled, Ferrari and Red Bull filled the top four places.
Ferrari's double world champion Fernando Alonso was fastest with a lap of one minute 16.265 -- 0.029 quicker than home favorite Sebastian Vettel in the Red Bull. The German's Australian teammate Mark Webber was fourth behind Ferrari's Brazilian Felipe Massa.
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