Italian Grand Prix: Lewis Hamilton says halo saved his life in horror crash

Italian Grand Prix: Lewis Hamilton says halo saved his life in horror crash

by Joseph Anthony
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The ‘halo’, a curved, reinforced bar in front of the driver’s head, protected Hamilton from a more severe impact

Formula One driver Lewis Hamilton credited the halo device for saving his life in a crash during Sundayโ€™s Italian Grand Prix.

Hamilton was jockeying for position with rival Max Verstappen on lap 26 and the two collided, with Verstappenโ€™s car winding up on top of Hamiltonโ€™s.
The halo cockpit safeguard, which protects the driverโ€™s head, deflected Verstappenโ€™s rear tire away from Hamiltonโ€™s head and onto the front of the car. It has been used on the F1 circuit since 2018.
โ€œHonestly, I feel very, very fortunate today,โ€ he added. โ€œThank God for the halo. That ultimately saved me. And saved my neck. I think in the actual moment it was a big hit, but all I could think was to get going again.โ€
A few hours after the accident, Hamilton, 36, said his neck was hurting.
โ€œI will probably need to see a specialist to make sure Iโ€™m good for the next race because it is getting tighter and tighter. But Iโ€™ll live,โ€ he said.
Verstappen walked away from his car, uninjured. Race stewards found him โ€œpredominantly to blameโ€ for the accident and assessed a three-place grid penalty for the Sept. 26 Russian Grand Prix.
He disagreed with the penalty.
โ€œToday was very unfortunate,โ€ the Dutch driver tweeted. โ€œThe incident could have been avoided if I had been left enough space to make the corner. You need 2 people to make that work and I feel I was squeezed out of it. When racing each other, these things can happen, unfortunately.โ€
Daniel Ricciardo of Australia won the race in Monza, Italy.
Hamilton, from Great Britain, holds the Formula One record for wins with 99, surpassing the 91 races won by all-time great Michael Schumacher.
REUTERS

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