Lewis Hamilton has voiced his frustration after he obtained a 10-second penalty throughout the Mexico Grand Prix that dropped him to eighth. Calling the choice “fairly nuts,” the seven-time Method 1 champion questioned the consistency of the stewards after related moments from different drivers went unpunished.
“I had an awesome begin, and we have been braking into Flip 1, I used to be in Flip 2, I navigated by means of 1 and a pair of and three, after which did not go off observe… others lower it, and held place, and did not get penalties. It is fairly nuts,” he mentioned.
Requested if the penalty had been defined to him, he continued: “It is sort of just about the identical as all the opposite folks round me, so…” He did, nevertheless, take pleasure in his combat with Purple Bull’s Max Verstappen.
“That is… It felt like racing, I used to be nice there, it was simply him reducing, after which I’m the one one to get a 10-second penalty – a 10-second cease and go.”
The Stewards dominated that Hamilton gained a long-lasting benefit after locking up at Flip 4 and reducing the nook over the grass. He rejoined the observe forward of Verstappen with out lowering his lead. For that reason, he was given a 10-second penalty.
Charles Leclerc, Ferrari, Lewis Hamilton, Ferrari
Photograph by: Sam Bloxham / LAT Photographs by way of Getty Photographs
The Ferrari driver defined what passed off at Flip 4: “I pinched the entrance, I went to go down the exit street, nevertheless it’s just like the dustiest place on earth, after which I pinched the opposite automotive down, so I ended up again within the grass, nevertheless it was the exit street.”
Regardless of the penalty, there have been “nonetheless some positives to take” from the race for the motive force, and this troublesome Sunday will not cease him from persevering with the combat.
“I actually, actually do not know what to anticipate transferring ahead, however I am going to hold attempting. I am going to rise up tomorrow, practice, I am attempting to arrange; I am unable to let people who aren’t essentially being useful cease me from transferring ahead.”
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