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Brawn: Baku drama a 'test of character' for Hamilton

Ross Brawn says Lewis Hamilton underwent a "test of character" in Baku but insists the Mercedes driver's costly error in the race's finale was luckily "balanced out" by Max Verstappen's misfortune. The Red Bull driver was deprived of a sure win in the closing stages of the Azerbaijan Grand Prix by a sudden tyre failure that left Hamilton with the prospect of scoring big points and reclaiming the lead over his arch-rival in the drivers' championship. But a mistake in the heat of the action when he inadvertently hit a brake balance switch inside the cockpit of his W12 sent him down the escape road at the first corner on the race's restart as he was dueling with future...
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