Hamilton crashes

UPDATE (GMM) The final portion of qualifying was delayed at the Nurburgring after Lewis Hamilton shunted heavily into the tyre barriers in the newly-renamed 'Schumacher-S' curve.

The rookie Briton, having set the quickest first sector time of the session, emerged from his damaged McLaren shaken and was attended by medics before being stretchered into an ambulance — showing a thumbs-up to the cameras.

"We had a failure of the right-hand wheel-gun, so effectively the wheel wasn't properly put on," team boss Ron Dennis told ITV.

"But that's not a mechanic's fault, we're not quite sure what has failed."

The session faced a lengthy delay as circuit workers repaired the damaged barrier.

07/21/07 McLaren's Lewis Hamilton suffered what appeared to be a blown tire and crashed heavily in final qualifying for the European Grand Prix on Saturday. The session was red flagged but Hamilton appears to be ok.