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Clutch issue caused Hamilton's poor start in Canada

Lewis Hamilton's poor start in Canada was the result of a slipping clutch rather than any procedural mistake by the driver. From pole, Hamilton was beaten away by Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel. The Briton almost lost out to teammate Nico Rosberg, whose start was better but still not ideal. "Clutch warm, and low torque," said Hamilton when asked what the cause was. "So I let the clutch out and the clutch didn't deliver the torque, the torque was very low compared to Nico's. "Nico had the torque, not as expected, but still better torque. So my clutch was just slipping. I did the procedure exactly as I was asked to, so I didn't make any mistakes with it. "They are going...
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