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Hamilton - Kimi pushed me wide
07 September 2008 / Results / PhotosAs news broke after the Belgian Grand Prix conclusion that he was under investigation for an incident while he and Kimi Raikkonen tussled for the lead, the McLaren driver insisted that Raikkonen forced him wide at the Bus Stop.
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"Kimi pushed me wide there, I was a bit ahead and I was on the outside of turn one," Hamilton said. "I had no room so he basically pushed me to where I would have been on the kerb and hit him, or take the escape road, and I knew I had to let him wide and had another go at him into turn one. He hit me at the apex of the first corner but after that I was gone."
On the rest of the race Hamilton revealed that he had been praying for the weather to intervene after he lost the lead following a spin on lap two.
"It was an experience and a half," Hamilton added. "I could see Kimi ahead and after the second pit stop he was so far ahead and I was wondering how he got such a gap, but I got stuck in traffic. I was pushing hard and he was responding and hoping he would catch traffic, it was just mix and match. I was just praying for it to rain because I knew how to deal with it. So the heavens opened a bit and I saw Kimi back off a lot, brake a lot earlier than he did in turn eight and then I knew the fight was on. I was going into turn 12 and going reasonably wide, but I think it was Rosberg there and I almost hit him, I think Kimi almost did too. Then Kimi spun and I got back past, it was great."
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