Hamilton crashes Mercedes in Jerez

[Shola Sholaz]

Lewis Hamilton's first day of testing for his new Mercedes team got off to a bad start when he crashed after 15 laps because tof a braking problem.
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The 2008 world champions lost control at the end of the back staraight at the Jerez circuit in southern Spain.
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Hamilton was unhurt after ploughing acorss a gravel trap and into a tyre wall.
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The team were unable to fix the car in time to run again, continuing a troubled start to their 2013 campaign.
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'' I'm just glad that firstly i'm safe and that it's happened now, not when we're in the season or something ''.

[Folami David]

So sad that had to happen at this stage.
He would be very disappointed