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Hamilton penalty confirmed, but Sainz under investigation
Lewis Hamilton has been given a five-second time penalty for his collision with Alex Albon late in the Brazilian Grand Prix, provisionally promoting Carlos Sainz (pictured above battling Sergio Perez early in the race) to the podium -- but the Spaniard is also under investigation.
On the penultimate lap of the race, Hamilton hit Albon when trying to overtake down the inside into Turn 10, spinning the Red Bull out of second place. While Hamilton crossed the line third after losing a drag race to the line against Pierre Gasly, he was then handed a five-second time penalty following a post-race investigation that demotes him to seventh place at this stage.
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Sainz finished fourth and was promoted to third as a result of Hamilton’s penalty, but RACER understands that the McLaren driver is also under investigation for illegal DRS use after Valtteri Bottas retired.
Onboard footage shows Sainz using DRS on the run to Turn 4 despite yellow flags being shown, with Kimi Raikkonen -- who was following Sainz at the time -- reporting it just before the safety car was deployed.
Raikkonen originally finished fifth but has been promoted to fourth by Hamilton’s penalty, and would move up to third place if Sainz is handed a time penalty.
Antonio Giovinazzi is provisionally classified fifth ahead of Daniel Ricciardo and Hamilton.
Chris Medland
While studying Sports Journalism at the University of Central Lancashire, Chris managed to talk his way into working at the British Grand Prix in 2008 and was retained for three years before joining ESPN F1 as Assistant Editor. After three further years at ESPN, a spell as F1 Editor at Crash Media Group was followed by the major task of launching F1i.com’s English-language website and running it as Editor. Present at every race since the start of 2014, he has continued building his freelance portfolio, working with international titles. As well as writing for RACER, his broadcast work includes television appearances on F1 TV and as a presenter and reporter on North America's live radio coverage on SiriusXM.
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