Lewis Hamilton avoids another penalty for yellow flag offence at Sao Paulo GP

Lewis Hamilton has escaped a penalty for allegedly failing to sluggish for double-waved yellow flags throughout dash qualifying on the Sao Paulo Grand Prix.

The seven-time world champion was eradicated in SQ2 after his ultimate lap was ruined by Charles Leclerc’s spin, which resulted in double-waved yellow flags.

Hamilton was compelled to again off, leaving him eleventh on the grid for Saturday’s dash race.

Nonetheless, Hamilton was shortly put underneath investigation for probably failing to decelerate sufficiently.

His ultimate lap was deleted after being set underneath double-waved yellow flags, nevertheless it wasn’t quick sufficient to make it into the highest 10 regardless.

He has since been cleared of any wrongdoing, that means he’ll begin the dash race from eleventh.

The stewards defined that there was adequate proof to indicate that Hamilton didn’t see the sign illuminated.

Whereas Hamilton did carry, because of the reality he noticed Leclerc’s automobile, he technically didn’t cut back his pace “sufficiently”.

The stewards agreed {that a} reprimand was honest for Hamilton given the circumstances.

The FIA defined in an announcement: “In direction of the tip of Q2, Automotive 16 (LEC) spun on the exit of Flip 10, triggering double waved yellow flags. Shortly afterwards, Automotive 44 (HAM) approached the identical nook and was simply handing over when the double yellow gentle panels have been activated on the left- hand facet of the observe.

“Through the listening to, HAM defined that he didn’t see the sunshine sign. The onboard footage confirms that the sign was solely illuminated for a fraction of a second earlier than HAM handed it. As the motive force’s focus was clearly on the turn-in-point, he was trying to the right-hand facet of the observe, thus the Stewards discover it credible that he didn’t truly understand the sign.

“Nonetheless, HAM acknowledged throughout the listening to that he noticed Automotive 16 (LEC) stationary along side the observe and will see a inexperienced gentle sign being displayed past that time. He due to this fact needed to realise that he was no less than in a yellow sector and as a consequence needed to cut back pace discernibly.

“Trying into the telemetry, the Stewards discovered that the motive force reacted by hesitating while making use of the throttle, however didn’t cut back pace as required.

“In related circumstances previously, the Stewards have deemed it applicable to impose a reprimand moderately than the usual five-place grid penalty specified within the tips. When it comes to consistency, the Stewards take into account a reprimand to be adequate on this case as properly.”

Ferrari teammate Leclerc will line up from eighth on the grid, confirming Ferrari’s lack of tempo at Interlagos.