The governing physique of Formula One is reassessing Lewis Hamilton’s sanction for trespassing on a stay monitor with out authorization in the course of the current Qatar Grand Prix, citing issues that the preliminary penalty could not have been sufficiently extreme.
The seven-times world champion collided with Mercedes teammate George Russell on the first nook at Lusail, abandoning his automobile within the gravel and crossing the monitor to return to the pit lane.
The Briton was given a reprimand and fined 50,000 euros ($52,545), with 25,000 suspended for the remainder of the season if he didn’t do it once more.
The governing physique mentioned on Sunday it was ‘revisiting’ the incident.
“The FIA notes that Lewis was apologetic during the subsequent stewards hearing into the incident and acknowledged that the crossing was a serious safety breach,” learn a press release.
“However, in view of his role model status, the FIA is concerned about the impression his actions may have created on younger drivers.”
The stewards report on the time mentioned Hamilton had reached the within fringe of the monitor simply seconds earlier than Russell arrived at excessive pace after exiting the pits.
“During the hearing, the driver of Car 44 (Hamilton) was very apologetic and realized that the situation could have been very dangerous for him as well as the drivers approaching,” they added.
The governing physique is prone to need to set clearer pointers and extra stringent penalties for such a breach sooner or later.
The transfer additionally follows an incident on the karting world championships in Italy final weekend the place Britain’s Joe Turney suffered leg accidents after pushing his kart again on monitor and being struck by a rival.
Crossing a stay monitor whereas vehicles are racing at pace is extremely harmful.
In 1977, British Formula One driver Tom Pryce died in the course of the South African Grand Prix at Kyalami after his automobile struck and killed an unsighted fireplace marshal who was crossing the monitor with out permission.
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