Published>Sun, Sep 12 10 06:37 PM
Lewis Hamilton's Formula One title hopes suffered a setback when he crashed out of Sunday's Italian Grand Prix without completing a lap.
The championship leader banged wheels with Ferrari's Brazilian Felipe Massa at the Della Roggia chicane, breaking the McLaren's front right suspension and sending the car into the gravel trap.
Massa's Ferrari appeared undamaged and he continued in third place, riding shotgun behind Spanish team mate Fernando Alonso and McLaren's world champion and early race leader Jenson Button.
Hamilton, the 2008 world champion, started in fifth place and had hoped to stretch his three-point lead over Red Bull's Australian Mark Webber with five races remaining after Italy.
Instead, Webber was on course to snatch back the overall lead from the 25-year-old.
Hamilton's retirement was his second in three races, although he won the previous race in Belgium, and second in succession in Italy.
The Briton qualified on pole at Monza last year but crashed out on the last lap while running in third place.
After Sunday's misfortune, which appeared to be largely his own fault, Hamilton stalked back to the team motorhome in the paddock without removing his yellow helmet or speaking to reporters.
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