H🤪e was competing in the Formula 2 race a day before the F1 grand prix, and representing the British team Arden, when he was involved in a fatal incident.

What happened to Anthoine Hubert?

Driver Giuliano Alesi had alre♓ady crashed at the Radillon curve due to a punctured tyre on the second lap of the F2 race at the 2019 Belgian Grand Prix at the Spa-Francorchamps circuit.

Several🤡 cars behind Alesi braked but Hubert was unsighted, and clipped one of the slowing ca🎐rs.

He hit the barrier and was then st♋ruck by Juan Manuel Correa, who drove into the area near Hubert’s cockpit at approximately 130-160mph.

The impact broke both 🎀of Hubert’s and ꦇCorrea’s cars.

Both drivers were swiftly taken to the circuit’s medic🐎al area but Hubert was declared dead at 18:35.

Correa suffer♔ed two broken legs and an injury to his spine. Alesi was unhurt.

What was Lewis Hamilton’s reaction?

Lewis Hamilton was💯 ꦇin the media section of the paddock giving interviews when he noticed the incident on a nearby TV.

The 🧔Mercedes F1 driver was visibly concerned and wandered off, while hoping for the best.

How did Charles Leclerc pay tribute?

Charles Leclerc won his first F1 grand prix the ne🃏xt day.

He dedicated the victory to Hubert in an emotional𝔉 show of respect.

Before t♏he F1 gr💦and prix, all safety vehicles did a lap of the circuit out of respect to Hubert.

Every F1 driv෴er raced wi🍌th Hubert’s car number inside of a star.

His No 19 has been per🧸manently retired from Formula 2.

Was Pierre Gasly friends with Hubert?

Fellow French💝man Pierre Gasly was close friends with Hubert.

At the 2023 Belgian Grand Prix, Gasly led a run around🍸 the circuit in remembrance of Hubert and Dilano van ‘t Hoff, the young Dutch driver who died at Sp❀a weeks earlier.

The FIA investigation

The FIA ruled that no driver was to blam𝓡e for the crash that resulted in Hube🎀rt’s death.

Theꦏre was “no evidence that any driver failed to react appropriately in response to the yellow flag or to the circumstances on track”, the FIA investi🦄gation stated.