Ecclestone: Hamilton badly influenced

Formula 1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone has labelled Lewis Hamilton's decision to choose a management company more accustomed to dealing with show business than motor racing as a 'disaster' - after suggesting the former world champion would probably have been better off keeping close ties with his father Anthony. Hamilton endured a challenging 2011 campaign, where issues in his personal life, and a number of incidents on the track, left him out-classed by McLaren team-mate Jenson Button

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