Lewis Hamilton was acquitted Saturday in the investigation that the race management did after his rounds in Q3. Red Bull Racing then decided to go into protest on Sunday and the Austrian stable did so successfully. Hamilton will receive three places grid penalty, but why is there now suddenly a penalty handed out? "Following a petition to review decision 33 taken after Qualifying, the Stewards acknowledged that the on-board footage of car 44 represents a significant newelement (see decision 41) that had not been available to the Stewards in the hearing on Saturday and therefore reviewed the case," the FIA writes in a statement half an hour before the start of the Austrian Grand...
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