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- Daily Mirror
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Scottish Sun
29-05-2025
- Scottish Sun
Lewis Hamilton hits out at ‘bulls***' speculation on relationship with Ferrari engineer after awkward F1 radio chat
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Scottish Sun
23-05-2025
- Scottish Sun
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