Lewis Hamilton believes the events of the 2019 For𒀰mula 1 Belgian Grand Prix week🎃end reflect that the dangers of motorsport are not widely appreciated enough.

22-year-old Frenchman Anthoine Hubert succumbed to injuries he sustained in 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 i🌟njury having been caught up in the crash.

Hamilton took to Instagram to pay a heartfelt tribute to Hubert, who he described as a ꦇ“hero”, while he also raised concerns about mo👍dern 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 h🍒earing fans cheering when he crashed heavily during final practice, just hours befo🍬re 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 t꧙o just try and clear our thoughts and try and race with Anthoine in spirit.

“Considering P1 wasn’t a good sess🌃ion, crashed in P3… I remember when I crashed there w🦩ere some fans yelling or something like that.

“It w๊as quite a decent hit. That’s kind of why I said the things I did, it encouraged me to say the things I did at the end of 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 ha🔯ve to just get in the car and g🌼o and do the job.

“But I just raced wit🌳h him and his family in my thoughts and prayers and I think as a team, I think we did a good job. And Charles 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. O🐭bviously, particularly when Charlie♌ was here he made massive steps forward so we will continue in that direction.”

Mercedes boss Toto Wolff echoed his driver’s comments, adding: “It’s very difficult to relate to what is happening in a car if you have never driven a ra✃ce 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 cಞourage, ability, risk taking but through a camera lens, you will never realise what it feels like.

“We were fortunate for many years to ꦺnot hav💝e had these kinds of accidents and maybe forgotten how dangerous the sport is.

“I think this is what Lewis wa🌠nted 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 ca🦋n end fatally like it did yesterday.”