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Maldonado: I know I have the talent to beat Hamilton

Accident prone Pastor Maldonado has defended his reputation as the ‘crash king' of Formula 1, and is adamant that at the wheel of a Mercedes he he could beat world champion Lewis Hamilton. Following the controversial Venezuelan's latest crash – with Marcus Ericsson in Brazil – former double world champion Mika Hakkinen hit out, insisting that 'tougher sanctions' should be applied because 'Maldonado does not seem to learn anything from his mistakes'. But the Lotus driver, who brings millions to his race seat in the form of Venezuelan state oil funding, insisted: 'I have always had the balls to go over the limit. 'I have always driven very aggressively. All my career,'...
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