Hamilton attempte🃏d to overtake his for♌mer McLaren teammate into the Les Combes right-hander on the opening lap.

The Mercedes driver m🍨isjudged it and failed to leave Alonso adequate room at the apex, causing the two to collide.

The contact sent Hamilton’𝐆s Mercedes airborne before banging back onto the track in♛ violent fashion.

Hamilton tried to limp back to the pit lane but the damage was too ꩵsevere, forcing him to stop out on track on the run to Blanchimont.

The 37-year-old took full res🐬ponsibili𝔉ty for the incident afterwards but 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:incurred a warning from the FIA for failing to visit 🌄the medical centre following the incident𒊎.

Speaking after the race, Hamilton admitted he 🌠was fortunate to come away without any ser🥃ious injuries.

“Well, yeah, I al🦹most broke my back coming down,” Hamilton said. “So it's a big, big hit. I remember just looking at the ground. 

“So it 🐻was quite high. 🔜It was definitely high up. I'm grateful to be still alive and in shape.”

Hamilton had hoped he would h🎐ave been to continue bu꧑t the car had sustained too much damage.

“​​I c🍬ould hear something's broken in the gearbox,” Hamilton added. “So yeah, I mean, coming down I would have broken so much in the back end.💃 

“So I was told to stop. But obviously in that moment, you're hopeful you can keep going. But yeah, not mean🌟t to be.”

Hamilton sits in sixth-pl꧙ace in the F1 drivers’ champ💧ionship and is on course for his first-ever winless campaign.