Lewis Hamilton has avoided punishment from the FIA after no further action was taken against him for his alleged leaving the track and gaining an advantage in the dying stages of the sprint in Montreal.
The one-third distance race at the Canadian Grand Prix ended messily for the seven-time F1 drivers’ champion, who slumped from fourth to sixth on the final lap of 24 at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve.
Having been ahead of Oscar Piastri and Charles Leclerc, the Australian got alongside the 41-year-old into the final corner, with the subsequent move pushing him behind his Ferrari team-mate too.
“Piastri got alongside me into the last corner and basically overtook me, and then through that lost position to Charles,” Hamilton explained.
Soon after, the stewards confirmed they would investigate the 105-time grand prix winner for the unseen-by-broadcast moment.
However, the panel decided that no penalty need be applied, with the official decision document referencing Nico Hulkenberg’s 10-second time penalty and stating: “The stewards reviewed positioning/marshalling system data, video, timing, team radio and in-car video evidence.
“Car 44 was in front of Car 81 on the approach to Turn 13 and left the track, drove through the chicane and rejoined in front of Car 81.
“However, this incident differs from the previous incident in this Session involving Cars 27 and 30 in that Car 81 was not in an overtaking position on Car 44.
“Accordingly, Car 44 was not deemed by the Stewards to be ‘defending’ its position, and hence was not deemed to gain a lasting advantage, consistent with the Driving Standards Guidelines.”
