Lewis Hamilton has been handed a 3-place grid penalty for impeding Kimi Raikkonen during qualifying today. After speaking to both drivers and reviewing video evidence of the incident, the stewards deemed that Hamilton 'unnecessarily impeded' the Finn at Turn 3. Hamilton had just come out of the pits and was informed of the cars approaching, including Raikkonen. Although the Briton tried to take evasive action when he became aware of Raikkonen approaching on a fast lap, it was not sufficient to avoid impeding the Alfa Romeo driver, who had to then abort the lap. As a result, Hamilton, who qualified second, will drop to fifth, as well as receiving a penalty point. 'Basically one of the...
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