Lewis Hamilton believes the events of the𒀰 2019 Formula 1 Belgian Grand Prix weekend reflect that the dangers of motorsp👍ort are not widely appreciated enough.

22-year-old Frenc👍hman Anthoine Hubert succumbed to injuries he sustained iꦓn a serious accident during a supporting Formula 2 race on Saturday, while fellow F2 driver Juan Manuel Correa is recovering in intensive care after suffering two broken legs and a minor spinal injury having been caught up in the crash.

Hamilton took to Instagram to pay a heartfelt tri𒆙bute to Hubert, who he described as a “hero”, while he also raised concern🌠s about modern attitudes towards safety in motorsport.

Speaking after he finished second in Sunday’s race at Spa, the Briton explained that his comments had been partly influenced after hearing fans cheering wℱhen he crashed heavily during final practice, just hours before the F2 race took place.

“Not the best of weekends for the sport,” he said. “Yesterday [Saturday] was a very tough day and even today [Sunday] just coming here.

“But I had to go out there and we all had to j🎉ust tಌry and clear our thoughts and try and race with Anthoine in spirit.

“Considering P1 wasn’t a good session, crashed in P3… I remember when I crashed there were some fans yelling or ꦓsomething like tꦯhat.

“It was quite a decent hiꦍt. That’s kind of why I said the things I did, it encouraged me to say the things I did at the end o🌜f the day.

“But coming here today was really knowing that we’ve lost a great racing driver yesterday and yet the world just continues on and the race was going on so you have to just get in the car a𒆙nd go and do the j🌠ob.

“But I just raced with him and his family in my thoughts and prayers and I think as a team, I think we did a good jo♒b. And Cha✨rles did a fantastic job, so congratulations to him.”

Asked if he has any safety concerns moving forwards, Hamilton replied: “I think there’s a huge amount of work that the FIA have done up to this point.

"I think they’ve been working incredibly hard and we’ve seen big 🙈steps already. Obviously, particularly when Charlie was 🔯here he made massive steps forward so we will continue in that direction.”

Mercedes boss Toto Wolf💞f echoed his driver’s comments, adding: “It’s very difficult to relate to what is happening i🌊n a car if you have never driven a race car at these speeds.

“Whether it’s in the junior formulas, all the way to Formula 1, in GT cars or prototypes, it’s still a gladiator’s sport. It’s still about courage, ability, risk taking but through a camera lens, you will never reꦍalise what it feels like.

“We we🅷re fortunate for many years to not have had these kinds of accidents and maybe forgottenඣ how dangerous the sport is.

“I think this is what Lewis wanted to express. I can🧸 totally relate to it, if you drive towards Eau Rouge with 260/270kph which looks like a 90 degree corner and you take it flat.

“It’s beyond understanding that these guys 🐻do what they do. And it can end𒐪 fatally like it did yesterday.”