The world champion was lucky to escape without serious injury after he was hit in the head by Verstappen’s car at Monza on Sunday. I’ve been racing a long time and we are taking risks out there all the time,” said Hamilton, who has been competing in F1 since 2007 and is now in his 15th season. They had a major incident at the British GP when Hamilton clipped Verstappen attempting to pass at Copse corner. Hamilton said after the incident at Monza he was surprised Verstappen had not checked to see if he was unhurt.

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