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Hamilton: Better now than later
Lewis Hamilton has billed the brake failure that caused his Jerez crash on Wednesday as "all part of testing."
Hamilton's first official day in his Mercedes W04 came to a premature end when, just after 15 laps, he suffered a rear brake pressure problem.
Although using the front brakes to slow the car, the 28-year-old was not able to prevent a crash, hitting the tyre barrier at the Dry Sack hairpin nose first.
Mercedes later revealed that the problem was caused by a hydraulic brake line connecting to the right-rear calliper.
"We had a good start but then unfortunately we had a failure which brought our day to an early end," Hamilton said. "These things happen and...
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