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'Hamilton wanted Bulls move'
Bernie Ecclestone has sensationally revealed that Lewis Hamilton asked him to broker a deal for him to move to World Champions Red Bull to partner Sebastian Vettel for this season prior to the former McLaren driver's eventual switch to Mercedes.Speaking in an interview with the Mail on Sunday, F1's commercial impresario shed light on details of what are reported to have been 'advanced discussions' between Hamilton and Red Bull at last July's British GP.
However, any move to pair the 2008 World Champion with reigning triple title winner Vettel failed to materialise due to Red Bull owner Dietrich Mateschitz, who gave incumbent Mark Webber first refusal on the 2013 drive, which the Australian...
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