It was almost seven years ago. As Formula 1 wrapped up its Saturday running, with the Ferraris of Charles Leclerc and Sebastian Vettel locking out the front row of the Belgian Grand Prix grid ahead of Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas, Formula 2 took centre stage for its feature race.
Unfortunately, everyone knows what happened next. A chain of events at the top of Raidillon on the opening lap led to a horrific crash – the kind that leaves only hope to cling to. For Anthoine Hubert, whose car was struck violently in the cockpit area by Juan Manuel Correa with the Ecuadorian-American powerless to avoid the collision, that hope would prove vain.
