FIA stewards questioned over timing of Lewis Hamilton’s Monza penalty

Hit with a five-place grid penalty at the Italian Grand Prix for an infringement that took place even before the start of the previous race in Zandvoort, Karun Chandhok does “not really understand” the timing of it all.

Last time out for the Dutch Grand Prix, Race Control announced even before the formation lap that Hamilton was under investigation for a yellow flag infringement. The incident, though, would only be investigated after the race.

Lewis Hamilton has a five-place grid penalty at Monza

Hamilton lined up seventh on the grid with that hanging over his head, and was in contention on lap 22 for a solid points finish when he got it wrong on the slippery painted lines into the banked Turn 3 and crashed.

His race was over.

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