![]() ![]() Very disappointed with being taken out like this. Verstappen was taken to hospital for precautionary checks and a CT scan following the crash. If Max came through that corner Lewis wouldn’t have seen him today.” “He was wound up after yesterday’s sprint, added with the crowd and the atmosphere, and he made a massive misjudgment. It is disappointing and extremely annoying. Hamilton jumped out of his Mercedes, and leapt over a barrier, before waving the Union flag in front of the packed grandstands.īut Horner added: “I can’t see how Lewis can take any satisfaction out of a win when he put his fellow competitor and driver in hospital. Hamilton dropped from second to fourth, 12 seconds behind Leclerc, before barging his way past the Monegasque’s Ferrari through Copse on lap 50 of 52. He was handed a 10-second penalty which he served at his pit stop on lap 27 of 52. The stewards deemed Hamilton to be predominantly at fault for the accident. It is the biggest accident of his career.” It is an amateur’s mistake and a desperate mistake. “Lewis is a world champion that has won seven titles. What I am most angry about is just the lack of judgment, and the desperation in this move. We are just lucky that there wasn’t someone seriously hurt. “You don’t put a wheel up the inside without there being huge consequences. Every grand prix driver knows that a move at that corner – one of the fastest in Formula One – is a massive, massive risk. His actions have put in jeopardy another driver’s safety and for me that is unacceptable. Hamilton delivered an astonishing comeback by passing Ferrari driver Charles Leclerc with only 2½ laps remaining to win his home race for an eighth time in front of 140,000 spectators at Silverstone.īut the 10th round of 23 will be remembered for Hamilton’s explosive opening-lap collision in which Verstappen’s afternoon ended in the barriers and then hospital – from where the Dutch driver accused his rival’s victory celebrations of being “disrespectful” and “unsportsmanlike”.Īsked if Hamilton’s move on Verstappen at Copse left his star man’s life in danger, a furious Horner replied: “Of course. Lewis Hamilton said he had nothing to apologise for after Christian Horner accused him of putting Max Verstappen’s life in jeopardy following their 180mph crash in the British Grand Prix. Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen crash: what happened and who was to blame?. ![]()
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