Lewis Hamilton has been handed a three-place grid penalty for the Dutch Grand Prix.
The stewards decided that he had impeded Sergio Perez through the first part of Saturday’s qualifying session.
Perez was on his second flying lap on his first set of tyres when he caught Hamilton at flip 9 throughout Q1. The Mercedes driver pulled to the skin of the nook however Perez drifted large in the direction of him on the exit and slowed, aborting his lap.
“What the fuck is that this man doing?” fumed Perez. “Fucking hell.”
Hamilton had simply been informed to pit when he was caught by Perez. His race engineer Peter Bonnington first warned him Kevin Magnussen was three seconds behind, then because the Haas handed by he added: “Then you definately’re going to have Perez, he’s at 5 seconds. And Perez at two-and-a-half. Perez one-and-a-half.”
When Hamilton noticed Perez had slowed down he steered the Purple Bull driver had exaggerated how badly he had been held up. “I don’t perceive, I used to be utterly large at flip 9,” he stated. “Tried to make it seem to be I received in his approach.”
Later Hamilton added: “I used to be properly out of his approach.”
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Perez was in a position to acquire a spot in Q2 after taking one other set of sentimental tyres for his remaining run, however he claimed this wouldn’t have been mandatory if Hamilton hadn’t held him up. When informed on his radio he had received by Q1 Perez replied: “Yeah, however we fucking waste a set [of tyres].”
After talking with each drivers, the stewards decided that Hamilton might have carried out extra to keep away from getting in his rival’s approach.
“The driving force of automotive 44 [Hamilton], being on an in lap, was knowledgeable by the workforce that automotive 11 [Perez] was approaching on a quick lap when he entered flip eight,” the stewards defined.
“He then drove off line on the exit of flip eight with the intention to provide approach for Automobile 11. Nonetheless, when automotive 11 arrived, automotive 44 had already entered flip 9 and drove again in the direction of the racing line on the exit of flip 9, thereby clearly impeding automotive 11.
“The stewards decide that, while there was applicable warning by the workforce and albeit the driving force tried to maneuver out of the best way, he might have slowed down extra so as to not impede the opposite automotive and due to this fact contemplate the impeding to be pointless within the sense of the laws. Subsequently a grid drop is utilized according to earlier choices.”
Hamilton has due to this fact been relegated to his second-lowest beginning place of the season after the Chinese language Grand Prix, the place he began from 18th. Yuki Tsunoda, Nico Hulkenberg and Kevin Magnussen will every be promoted one place every in consequence.
Up to date 2024 Dutch Grand Prix grid
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