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Halo saved my neck, says Lewis Hamilton after Monza crash
Updated On: 14 September, 2021 11:40 AM IST | Monza | IANS
Hamilton praised the job that the halo had done in protecting him while revealing that he would seek specialist medical help for pain in his neck as a result of the crash
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Lewis Hamilton. Pic/AFP
Lewis Hamilton has credited the halo device on his Mercedes car for keeping him safe when Max Verstappen`s Red Bull car landed on the Mercedes car after a dramatic crash at the Italian Open on Sunday (September 12) The British driver also applauded the stewards at the Italian Grand Prix on Sunday for handing Verstappen a three-place grid penalty for the upcoming Russian Grand Prix.
Hamilton had just exited the pits after his stop on Lap 26 of 53 on Sunday when Verstappen came alongside him and tried to go around the outside of the Mercedes through Turn 1 to then claim the inside into Turn 2, leading to the pair making contact - with Verstappen`s Red Bull then thrown into the air and over the Mercedes, coming to a rest on top of the W12, with images showing Verstapp`n`s right-rear tyre hitting Hamilt`n`s helmet.
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