
Ron Dennis confirmed that Lewis Hamilton has suffered no apparent injuries after a serious shunt in today's qualifying session at the Nurburgring.
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With six minutes to go in today's qualifying session, Hamilton suffered a big crash after his front right tyre appeared to fail. The young rookie was approaching the Schumacher-S flat out when his tyre yielded - his McLaren flying into the tyre barrier.
The session was stopped and it took around 30 minutes for the medical staff to take Hamilton away in a stretcher. He was conscious but looked seriously shaken, probably winded by the impact.
Ron Dennis confirmed: "Lewis is fine. There are no injuries or broken bones but he will be kept for a couple of hours observation just as a precaution. We had a gun failure - the right hand wheel was not on tight. But it was not a car failure thankfully, it was the gun's fault. It is far too early to say whether he can race tomorrow. Thankfully he did not lose consciousness. We'll make a decision about whether he can race after a couple of hours observation."
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