Lewis Hamilton Hit With Additional Penalty After Disastrous Brazil GP
Lewis Hamilton has been handed an extra punishment by the FIA following the Brazilian Grand Prix which saw him retire from the race.
Lando Norris extended his F1 championship lead over Oscar Piastri to 24 points with a dominant weekend, which saw him win both the sprint and grand prix from pole position.
The highlight of the race came once again from Max Verstappen, who went from a pit lane start to the podium creating a piece of F1 history.
It was another disastrous weekend for Ferrari however, who had their third pointless Grand Prix weekend of the season with both cars suffering a DNF.
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Charles Leclerc was rather unfortunately taken out while fighting for second on lap six after Kimi Antonelli and Piastri collided at turn one.
Piastri was handed a 10-second penalty for the incident but speaking after the race Leclerc implied the Mercedes teenager was largely to blame.
Hamilton's misfortunes came on lap one, with the Brit suffering the polar opposite of his excellent start in Saturday's sprint by falling to last place after contact with Carlos Sainz and Franco Colapinto.
The 40-year-old was handed a five-second penalty for the collision with the South American after running into the back of the Alpine.
Hamilton reacted furiously over team radio following the decision, telling his race engineer: “These guys are a joke. A complete joke,” and now the Ferrari driver has been penalised further.
Following the chequered flag it was confirmed that Hamilton would receive one penalty point on top of his in-race penalty, taking him up to three over the last 12 months.
A race ban is served if a driver collects 12 over the course of a year, giving the usually incident-free Hamilton a considerable buffer.
Following the race, Hamilton admitted that his debut season for the Scuderia has been a disaster following pre-season hopes of an eighth world title.
"This is a nightmare, I've been living it for a while," Hamilton told Sky.
"The flip between the dream of driving for this amazing team and then the nightmare of results that we've had, the ups and downs, it's challenging."
He added: "But tomorrow I'll get back up, I'll keep training, I'll keep working with the team.
"I really wanted to get them good points this weekend but I'll come back as strong as I can in the next race and try and recover it."
Topics: Formula 1, Lewis Hamilton, FIA, Motorsport, Charles Leclerc
Tom Jenkins