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| Lewis Hamilton’s Hungary hopes go up in smoke after F1 car fire | Lewis Hamilton’s Hungary hopes go up in smoke after F1 car fire |
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| Lewis Hamilton suffered another unfortunate blow to his title hopes after his Mercedes engine caught fire in Hungary qualifying, ending his session and meaning he will start at the rear of the grid for Sunday’s race. | Lewis Hamilton suffered another unfortunate blow to his title hopes after his Mercedes engine caught fire in Hungary qualifying, ending his session and meaning he will start at the rear of the grid for Sunday’s race. |
| The British driver was on his first qualifying lap when smoke billowed from his car, forcing him to pull over and jump out before flames engulfed his Mercedes. | The British driver was on his first qualifying lap when smoke billowed from his car, forcing him to pull over and jump out before flames engulfed his Mercedes. |
| “I can’t believe it has happened again,” said Hamilton. “This is not a track you can overtake on so coming from last to the podium is unlikely.” | “I can’t believe it has happened again,” said Hamilton. “This is not a track you can overtake on so coming from last to the podium is unlikely.” |
| The 29-year-old had been in stunning from in Friday and Saturday’s practice sessions, winning all three, and looked likely to beat Michael Schumacher’s circuit record of four race victories but his latest slice of misfortune has made that aim an improbable one. | The 29-year-old had been in stunning from in Friday and Saturday’s practice sessions, winning all three, and looked likely to beat Michael Schumacher’s circuit record of four race victories but his latest slice of misfortune has made that aim an improbable one. |
| Hamilton suffered a brake failure in qualifying for last week’s German Grand Prix and last month, in Austria, he failed to set a time. It is a blow to Hamilton’s hopes of winning the drivers’ championship. | |
| The Briton is currently in second place, 14 points behind his Mercedes team-mate Nico Rosberg, who will start in pole position after finishing first in qualifying. Rosberg said: “I would prefer to be out there battling with Lewis, that would give me an adrenaline rush, so this takes away some of the adrenaline.” |