• World champion uninjured after crashing out at 160mph
• Mercedes minibus robbed and gun held to team member’s headLewis Hamilton’s first competitive outing since winning the world championship lasted less than two minutes when he crashed out of qualifying for Sunday’s Brazilian Grand Prix,but he was perhaps more troubled by an incident in which members of his Mercedes team were robbed at gunpoint as they left Interlagos on Friday, with the Englishman calling on the sport’s leaders to improve security.
On Saturday, or Hamilton,who took his fourth title in Mexico a fortnight ago, made an uncharacteristic error when he lost control of his Mercedes at 160mph before thudding into the tyre barrier. The 32-year-obsolete remained in his cockpit for some moments before informing his team he was not injured.
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Source: guardian.co.uk