05/10/2025
NEWS STORY
Lewis Hamilton has been handed a 5s penalty for leaving the track without a justifiable reason multiple times during today's Singapore Grand Prix.
The stewards heard from a Ferrari representative and the driver, as well as reviewing positioning/marshalling system data, video, team radio and in-car video evidence.
During the hearing, Hamilton confirmed that he left the track on four occasions at Turns 2, 5, 16 and 17 as he was trying to manage a brakes issue situation.
This being said, after further investigation, and in accordance with the list of exemptions foreseen in the Driving Standards Guidelines, the stewards considered that this was not a justifiable reason and applied the usual penalty for this type of infringement. This was not contested by the team representative nor Hamilton
The 5s penalty dropped him from 7th to 8th, thereby promoting Fernando Alonso to seventh.
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