Lewis Hamilton thinks he was knocked unconscious after crashing out of the recent Belgian grand prix.<\/p>\n
Cockpit replays of the incident, where the McLaren driver actually dented the Spa-Francorchamps barriers after clashing with Kamui Kobayashi, showed Hamilton completely motionless for 15 seconds in the wake of the impact.<\/p>\n
The 2008 world champion admits it is possible he was knocked out.<\/p>\n
“I don’t really remember much from hitting the wall,” the Daily Star newspaper quotes him as saying at Monza.<\/p>\n
“It’s possible I was out for a couple of seconds, I’m not really sure.”<\/p>\n
The crash was the latest incident in a series for Hamilton this year, and he told the BBC 2011 might go down as the “worst” in his F1 career so far.<\/p>\n
“I have got to find my way, learn from any mistakes and try to smooth out the creases through these last seven races,” he is quoted as saying by the Guardian.<\/p>\n
Hamilton, 26, said he has managed to avoid all the media speculation about his aggressive driving style since Spa.<\/p>\n
“I don’t read them, but I hear there are pretty bad stories written about me, so I am thinking it will be good to give you guys something good to write about me,” he told reporters ahead of the Italian grand prix.<\/p>\n
“I guess I’m an easy target at the moment because I’m always in trouble.”<\/p>\n
Some of his rivals defended Hamilton on Thursday, including Sauber’s Kobayashi, who insisted F1 drivers “need to be aggressive”.<\/p>\n
Agreed Mark Webber: “He’s not that aggressive, he’s ok.\u00a0 He’s just had a tough run in the last few races.”<\/p>\n
Hamilton’s own McLaren teammate Jenson Button, however, admitted he doesn’t always agree with his countryman’s methods.<\/p>\n
“I personally feel it’s better to talk to the team than talk though the media, but we are built differently,” he said.<\/p>\n
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