The additional Lewis Hamilton punishment that you didn’t notice
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F1 2023 Belgian Grand Prix – Sprint Race ResultsThe Mercedes F1 driver was initially hit with a five-second time penalty for an incident with his Red Bull adversary, when they went wheel-to-wheel and made contact.Those five seconds dropped Hamilton from P4 to P7 but the bad news would get even worse.Hamilton was also hit with two F1 penalty points for the incident.He previously had a clean racing licence.How the fight for 2nd in the F1 Constructors Championship is heating upVideo of How the fight for 2nd in the F1 Constructors Championship is heating upWhich F1 driver has the most penalty points?Seven points – Lance StrollSix points – Daniel RicciardoFive points – Pierre GaslyFour points – George RussellThree points – Yuki TsunodaTwo points – Zhou Guanyu, Lando Norris, Fernando Alonso, Lewis Hamilton, Nico Hulkenberg, Sergio Perez, Carlos Sainz, Max VerstappenOne point – Alex Albon, Kevin Magnussen, Charles LeclercIf a driver receives 12 points on their licence over a 12-month period, it will result in a one-race ban.Penalty points are in place to keep driver behaviour under control. Points can be issued depending on the severity of an incident.Hamilton verdict on time penaltyHamilton said: “[Perez] was pretty slow and went wide and slow through 14. I got a great exit, I was more than half a car alongside him and we just ended up coming together.“It was a bit of a racing incident really, naturally it wasn’t intentional but they saw it differently.“It was very tricky conditions out there, we were all trying our best. It doesn’t make a huge difference, fourth or seventh in the Sprint you don’t get a lot of points.” Related Brundle questions “harsh” Hamilton penalty: “What can he do?” Hamilton’s verdict on clash with “pretty slow” Perez: “Bit of a racing incident”
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