{"id":36017,"date":"2022-08-28T18:15:28","date_gmt":"2022-08-28T18:15:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/hamilton-accepts-blame-for-race-ending-alonso-crash"},"modified":"2022-08-28T18:45:04","modified_gmt":"2022-08-28T18:45:04","slug":"hamilton-accepts-blame-for-race-ending-alonso-crash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/hamilton-accepts-blame-for-race-ending-alonso-crash","title":{"rendered":"Hamilton accepts blame for race-ending Alonso crash"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – South-Africa. <\/strong><\/span>Lewis Hamilton accepted the blame and apologised for his part in an opening lap crash with Fernando Alonso at Sunday’s Belgian Grand Prix.<\/p>\n

The seven-time world champion said he did not see Alonso who was in his blind spot, as he attempted to complete a passing move at Les Combes.<\/p>\n

His Mercedes car’s front right wheel hit the Alpine’s front left, causing it to rise and then fall violently. The pair were unhurt and continued.<\/p>\n

Moments later, however, he slowed to a halt in the middle of the track with his team telling him: “Stop, stop, stop”, bringing to an end his run of five podiums and a perfect record of race finishes this season.<\/p>\n

“It’s definitely my fault,” said Hamilton.<\/p>\n

“I didn’t see him. I’ve apologised. He was in my blind spot. So it’s unfortunate… I mean, it’s motor racing, I gave it everything.<\/p>\n

“I tried to overtake on the outside into turn five. Just didn’t leave quite enough space and I paid the price for it. It wasn’t intentional. It just happened.”<\/p>\n

An angry Alonso ranted on Alpine team radio at the time: “What an idiot. He closed the door from the outside. I mean, we had a mega-start but this guy only knows how to drive starting first.”<\/p>\n

Alonso was more restrained after the race and said he was happy to hear of Hamilton’s explanation and acceptance of the blame.<\/p>\n

“I think he thought that I wasn’t there anymore,” said Alonso. “So I don’t think that it’s a mistake – it’s just that in the heat of the moment you try to take the slipstream, brake late and turn in.<\/p>\n

“Sometimes, you don’t measure the cars completely, where everybody is, but I don’t know… I normally take more care.<\/p>\n

“It was his mistake to close the door like that.”<\/p>\n

Alonso added that Les Combes was a notably tricky corner.<\/p>\n

“We have seen that many, many times here. It happened to him with (Nico) Rosberg a few years ago, so this time it is the same thing.”<\/p>\n

He said he agreed with the stewards’ decision not to penalise Hamilton.<\/p>\n

“It was a first lap incident,” he said. “These things happen. In that corner, especially, there are a lot of things that are going on.<\/p>\n

“People normally cut the corner in (turn) six and re-join the track in seven.<\/p>\n

“So it’s a tricky part of the circuit for sure. It was a racing incident and there’s nothing more to say.”<\/p>\n

Shortly after, Nicholas Latifi (Williams) took out the Alfa Romeo of Hamilton’s old Mercedes team-mate Valtteri Bottas as up ahead Max Verstappen swept away his rivals to head a Red Bull 1-2.<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – South-Africa. Lewis Hamilton accepted the blame and apologised for his part in an opening lap crash with Fernando Alonso at Sunday’s Belgian Grand Prix. The seven-time world champion said he did not see Alonso who was in his blind spot, as he attempted to complete a passing move at Les Combes. 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