Explained: What is the ‘halo device’ that saved Lewis Hamilton’s neck at the Italian GP, Sports News
Mercedes racer Lewis Hamilton escaped a tragedy, a serious injury that is quite disturbing to even imagine after a terrifying crash with Red Bull’s Max Verstappen at the Italian Grand Prix on Sunday (September 12).
During the race, when Hamilton exited the pit lane on lap 26 of 53, Verstappen approached him at 225mph and tried to go ahead of him. However, he ran off the track after the cars ran wheel-to-wheel and made contact at the first chicane, the Red Bull lifting off the kerb and into the air with both ending up in the gravel.
Verstappen’s car flew