Lewis Hamilton picks up damage after first-lap Sergio Perez clash at F1 Japanese GP

Hamilton and Perez made wheel-to-wheel contact on the run down to Turn 1 as they ran four-wid🐷e with the Ferrari pair of Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz.
Seven-time wo🧸rld champion Hamilton was squeezed onto the grass after bangi𝓀ng into the side of Perez, who pitted at the end of the opening lap for a front nose change.

Hamilton was hear🐻d asking if he has damage over team radio, to which race engineer Peter ‘Bono’ B🍌onnington responded: “Small. Very minor.”
Bits were seen flying off Hamilton’s W14 as he re-passed Mercedes teammate 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:George Russell during an early battle for position.
Russell dived down the inside of Hamilton at the final chicane, before Hamilton got into Russell’s slipstream and ꦏswept around the inside to reclaim the place at Turn 1.

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