Hamilton attempted to overtake his former McLaren teammate into the Les Combes right-hander on the ope🐲ning lap🦩.

The Mercedes driver misjudged it and ꦰfailed to leave Alonso adequate room at the apex, causing the two to collide.

The contact sent Hamilton’s Mercedes airborne before banging bacꦬk onto the track in violent fashion.

Hamilton tried to limp back to the pit lane but the damage was too severe, forcing him to st🃏op out on track on the run to Blanchimont.

The 3♏7-year-old took full responsibility for the incident afterwards but 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:incurred a warning from the FIA for failing to visit the medical centre foll🧔owing the𒁏 incident.

Speaking after the race, Hamilton admitted he was fortunate to come away wiꩲthout any serious injuries.

“Well, yeah, I almost 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 have been to continue but the car had sustained too mu🙈ch damage.

“​​I could hear something's broken inও the gearbox,” Hamilton added. “Sཧo yeah, I mean, coming down I would have broken so much in the back end. 

“So I was told to stop. But ob🌞viously in that moment, you're hopeful you can keep going. But𓄧 yeah, not meant to be.”

Hamilton𓆉 sits in sixth-place in the F1 drivers’ championship and is on course for his fi🀅rst-ever winless campaign.