Lewis Hamilton punished by F1 stewards as penalty handed out at Dutch Grand Prix

Lewis Hamilton has been punished by the Equation 1 stewards after Sergio Perez charged him of blocking.

The occurrence happened amid Q1 on Saturday when Perez was on a flying lap. He came over the slow-moving Mercedes of Hamilton who attempted to induce out of the way but finished up constraining the Mexican to moderate down.

Perez was incensed and requested over the radio that the Briton be punished for his activities. Hamilton played it down in his possess message over the wireless transmissions, but conceded after the session that it wasn’t his finest minute.

After qualifying fair 12th speediest, the seven-time F1 winner cut a gloomy figure as he reflected on a inauspicious day. He said:
“”It was a beautiful stunning session. But these things happen – it’s done presently. It unquestionably doesn’t feel great.

“It all went severely from the minute that the circumstance with Perez happened. I did my best to urge out of the way, I was as faraway to the cleared out as conceivable, but the timing was terrible. It was likely a domino impact from that minute, it fair went from terrible to more regrettable.”

Race control famous the occurrence at the time and, after qualifying was over, it was affirmed that the stewards would be examining the occurrence. Both Hamilton and Perez were called to the circuit workplaces to allow their respective sides of the story.

And, after considering all the prove, they chosen to rebuff Hamilton. They said he had “pointlessly obstructed” the Mexican and given the seven-time F1 winner a three-place network drop for the Zandvoort race, meaning he will begin 15th on the framework.