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FORMULA ONE: Mika Hakkinen has backed Lewis Hamilton to give McLaren their first title for nine years.It was back in 1999 that the now-retired Hakkinen won the last of McLaren's Formula One world drivers' championships, before Ferrari and Michael Schumacher began to dominate the F1 scene.And the Finn, who was on hand on Sunday to congratulate Hamilton following his latest glorious triumph at the German Grand Prix, is backing Hamilton to reclaim the title for McLaren. "There is still a way to go this year and a lot of things can still happen but I am hopeful this year they can do it," he said. "They just have to keep working and thinking positive."

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