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F1: Hamilton almost joined Sauber
Peter Sauber has revealed that Lewis Hamilton came close to making his F1 debut with the Swiss team. Coming off the back of success in the 2005 F3 Euroseries and the 2006 GP2 Championship, Hamilton was keen to make the move up to F1. However, McLaren, by whom he had been backed since 1998, three years after famously telling, while still only 10, Ron Dennis that it was his ambition to drive for the Woking team one day, felt it would be in the youngster's best interest to make his debut with a 'lesser' team. 'Hardly anyone knows that, around twenty years ago, Lewis almost drove for us,' Sauber tells Blick. 'He belonged to McLaren and they wanted to send him to Hinwil for Formula 1 training....
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