Lewis Hamilton escapes penalty for FP2 incident with Alex Albon

Lewis Hamilton hasn't been punished for h♊is incident with Alex Albon in second practice

Lewis Hamilton
Lewis Hamilton

Lewis Hamilton hasn’t been penalised for impeding 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Alex Albon during second practice for the F1 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix.

Hamilton blocked Albon, who was on a fast lap at the time, in the ear𝓀ly stages of FP2 at the Jeddah Corniche C⛦ircuit.

The seven-time world champion was driving slowly on💝 the racing line on the approach to Turn 17.

Albon was forced to back off, ruining his l🥂ap entirely.

The incident was quickly 🉐put under investigation by the stewards.

💖Unsurprisingly, Hamilton has ﷽avoided picking up a penalty due to the stewards taking a lenient approach when it comes to practice. 

Had it been in qualifying, H♍amilton would ha𒅌ve likely received a grid penalty.

Explaining why Hamilton wasn’t penalised, the steward꧟s noted: “However, as agreed with the teams, unless the impeding during free practice was such that it could be regarded as dangerous, there will be 🧸no penalty for such impeding.

“During the hearing, the driver of Car 23 felt that he had the car under control at all times and while he was impeded, he did not consider the situation to be dan🔯gerous. He had seen Car 44 in f🍒ront of him during the corner before.

“However, he did not expect Car 44 to be in the position on track that he was in and that shocked the driv🃏er of Car 23 as he approached Turn 17 and had to take evasive action.

“While his immediatꦦe reaction when the incident occurred was to say that it was dangerous, having lꦛooked at it subsequently, he agreed that it was not. We accordingly took no further action.”

It was a tough second practice session for Hamilton, who ended up 13th in the fina🌺l order.

He was over six-tenths slower than Ferrari teammate 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Charles Leclerc, who was fourth fastest. 

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