A dejected Lewis Hamilton said that he 'can't afford days like this' in the fight to retain his Formula 1 World Championship, following a shock early exit in qualifying for the German Grand Prix. Towards the end of Q1, sitting in fifth place, Hamilton ran wide at Turn 1 on a fast lap and lost all hydraulic pressure in his Mercedes AMG Petronas Motorsport car, forcing the Brit to try and limp back to the pitlane. After numerous pleas by his race engineer Pete Bonnington to switch the car off, Hamilton gave up trying to drive back and instead opted to push the car back just shy of Turn 10. His attempt was futile, the marshals force to park the stricken and leaking W09 on the escape road,...
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