Belgian GP: Lewis Hamilton called an idiot by Fernando Alonso after crash

Lewis Hamilton was called an ‘idiot’ by Fernando Alonso on the Spaniard’s team radio after the pair crashed on lap one of the Belgian Grand Prix at Spa this afternoon.

The contact eventually resulted in Hamilton retiring from the race after damage to the underside of his car became too heavy to carry on.

It was a fiery encounter between the former teammates, who have plenty of history in the world of Formula One.

Following the incident, which had the Brit airborne, Alonso’s full radio message was as follows: “Yeah, what an idiot! Closing the door from the outside. I mean, we had a mega start but this guy only knows how to drive and start in first.”

Alonso was clearly fuming with Hamilton, who he feels was at fault for the collision. Hamilton did leave his former McLaren teammate little room, but it went down as a racing incident, though Lewis would later take full responsibility.

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