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Maylander names ‘toughest' driver to have behind SC

Formula 1's Safety Car driver Bernd Maylander says Lewis Hamilton is definitely the 'toughest' driver he's ever had to control. Of course the Safety Car does what it says on the tin, when a serious hazard is impacting a Grands Prix it is deployed to neutralise the race and safely lead the racing drivers, a job that has belonged to Maylander since 2000, in which time has had led more than 700 laps. However, when behind the wheel, former DTM racer Maylander certainly isn't taking it easy in his Mercedes AMG GT R, though it's nothing compared to the speed of a Formula 1 car. It's no surprise then that the drivers often complain over team radio that the Safety Car is going to slow during the...
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