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Jules Bianchi crash reminds Lewis Hamilton of childhood kart racing accident

Mercedes' Lewis Hamilton reflects on childhood kart racing accident after watching Jules Bianchi's horrific crash.

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An emotional Lewis Hamilton has revealed about his first brush with death as a nine-year-old kart racer, after watching Marussia racer Jules Bianchi's horrifying crash in the recently concluded Japanese Grand Prix.

Hamilton labeled it the 'hardest week of his life'. Emotions in the paddock are still raw as the popular Frenchman remains in a Japanese intensive care unit, critical but stable, with his family at bedside.

Hamilton saw a young driver die when he was racing karts as a nine year old, but added that the incident never prompted him to stop racing completely.

Hamilton admits it as a 'traumatic experience' and remembers standing on the bank beside a track, laughing and joking.

The Brit said that the next thing he knew he was at his funeral, adding that it was the first time he had ever been to one. He said that it is very hard to put that out of his mind at the moment, after what happened to Bianchi.

Hamilton said that such tragadies really open up ones view, but added that 'the world keeps going' despite such incidents.  

But the Mercedes racer added that it does not make him rethink wanting to be a Formula One driver, as he loves this sport and is the thing he does best.

Hamilton concluded that Bianchi is a real racer and hoped that the Frenchman would make a fighting recovery to Formula One.
 

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