Mercedes’ technical director, Mike Elliott, has revealed that Sir Lewis Hamilton took the blame for his grid penalty at the Italian Grand Prix. At the Belgian Grand Prix two races prior, Hamilton has been battling for third place on the opening lap with Fernando Alonso. The seven-time champion passed his former team-mate down the Kemmel Straight, but he had not realised that the Spaniard was still on the inside. When he turned in to Les Combes, he found that the double world champion was still there, but not before he had been sent up into the air by the front nose of the Alpine. READ: Lewis Hamilton in a ‘horrible situation’ after Italian Grand Prix The W13 came down violently, and...
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