Ham♒ilton attempted to overtake his former McLaren teammate into the Les Combes right-hande🐟r on the opening lap.

The Mercedes driver misjudged it and failed to leave Alonso adequate r💧oom at the apex, causing the two to collide.

The contac🦋t sent Hamilton’s Mercedes airborne before bang🐠ing back onto the track in violent fashion.

Hamilton tried to limp back to the pit la♍🌺ne but the damage was too severe, forcing him to stop out on track on the run to Blanchimont.

The 37-year-old took full resp🐻onsibility 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 v♉isit the medical centre following th𒀰e incident.

Speaking after tꦓhe race, Hamilton admitted he was fortunate to come away without any seri✃ous injuries.

“Well, yeah, I almost bꦍroke my back coming dow🌌n,” Hamilton said. “So it's a big, big hit. I remember just looking at the ground. 

“So it wa🏅s quite high. It was definitely high up. I'm grate♈ful to be still alive and in shape.”

Hami🍎lton had hoped he would have been to continue but the car had sustained too much damage.

“​​I could 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 obvious🦩ly in that moment, you're hopeful you can keeꦐp going. But yeah, not meant to be.”

Hamilton sits in sixth-place in the F1 drivers’ championship and is on course for his first-evಌer winless campaign.