Formula 1 » Button slams F1 rival Hamilton as 'weak'. Saturday, 5th July 2008 British F1 star Lewis Hamilton pays the price for his father and McLaren-Mercedes team's decision to pull him out of a triathlon in which he had agreed to take on compatriot Jenson Button for charity. has angrily branded his countryman and Formula 1 rival Lewis Hamilton as ‘weak, very weak', after the McLaren-Mercedes ace pulled out of a charity triathlon in which he had agreed to take the Honda star on. Hamilton initially accepted Button's challenge [see separate story – click here], with the latter further upping the ante by vowing to donate £10,000 to a charity of the 23-year-old's choice should he be beaten in the Bath triathlon. The bet arose after Hamilton had declared that he was fitter than Button, with the 2006 Hungarian Grand Prix winner –...
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