What does the starting grid look like after the grid penalties for Hamilton and Antonelli?

Lewis Hamilton and Andrea Kimi Antonelli have each been handed three-place grid penalties following qualifying for the Hungarian Grand Prix, reshuffling the order close to the entrance of the sector for Sunday’s race.

Hamilton had secured an excellent front-row begin after qualifying second behind Lando Norris, whereas Mercedes driver Antonelli set the fourth-fastest time.

Nevertheless, separate investigations by the FIA stewards resulted in each drivers receiving an identical three-place grid drops for various offences.

Hamilton penalised for impeding Piastri

Hamilton was discovered responsible of unnecessarily impeding McLaren’s Oscar Piastri in the course of the closing phases of Q3.

The Ferrari driver was travelling slowly on the racing line approaching Flip 1 after finishing his flying lap when Piastri arrived on a push lap. The Australian was compelled to take avoiding motion and run broad, abandoning his closing qualifying effort.

The stewards accepted Hamilton’s clarification that Ferrari’s warning over staff radio got here solely when Piastri was already alongside him and that the McLaren was not seen in his mirrors because of the positioning of the automobiles.

However, the FIA concluded that Hamilton had unnecessarily impeded Automobile 81 and imposed the usual three-place grid penalty for such a qualifying infringement.

Antonelli falls foul of yellow flag guidelines

Antonelli’s penalty stemmed from the yellow flags triggered by Max Verstappen’s crash at Flip 14 within the dying moments of qualifying.

The Mercedes rookie argued that he reacted instantly after seeing the yellow flag by lifting off the throttle sooner than on his earlier lap, one thing confirmed by telemetry.

Nevertheless, the FIA discovered that whereas Antonelli entered the yellow flag zone at a decrease velocity, the discount was neither vital nor sustained.

Based on the stewards, Antonelli was 14 km/h slower getting into the mini-sector however really handed the scene of Verstappen’s accident 3 km/h sooner than on his earlier push lap as a result of he utilized much less braking.

His mini-sector time was solely 0.03 seconds slower than his finest effort, equating to a velocity discount of lower than one per cent.

Though the FIA’s penalty tips advocate a five-place grid drop for failing to gradual sufficiently underneath yellow flags, the stewards opted for a decreased three-place penalty after recognising that Antonelli had made an try and gradual and had restricted time to react to the incident. He additionally acquired one penalty level on his FIA Tremendous Licence.

Grid reshuffled

The penalties considerably alter the beginning order for Sunday’s race.

Hamilton drops from second to fifth, whereas Antonelli falls from fourth to seventh. Charles Leclerc inherits a front-row begin alongside pole-sitter Norris, with Piastri and Max Verstappen transferring as much as third and fourth respectively.

The revised grid additionally promotes George Russell to sixth, whereas Isack Hadjar stays eighth, with Arvid Lindblad and Nico Hülkenberg finishing the highest 10.

Each Hamilton and Antonelli will now face a more durable problem on race day on the Hungaroring, the place overtaking alternatives have historically been at a premium, making observe place one of the essential elements in figuring out the result of the race.

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