Lewis Hamilton, punished in Singapore, loses place with Alonso

The Ferrari driver was penalized with five seconds in his final race time

Lewis Hamilton he does not finish seeing his role as a pilot Ferrari. In Singaporehad a weekend to forget and to top it off, he lost after the Grand Prix was over, the seventh place he had obtained, with great difficulty, after being sanctioned by the stewards.

The seven-time champion of the Formula 1 He received a penalty of five seconds over his final time, because he left the track on multiple occasions without a justified reason.

Lewis Hamilton and a representative of Ferrari They appeared before the commissioners, who on this occasion were Gerd Ennser, Loic Bacquelaine, Natalie Corsmit and Derek Warwick, who listened to their arguments.

According to Hamilton, his mistakes and violations of track limits were due to problems with the braking system, which was evident when, after setting the fastest lap of the race, he was then easily overtaken by his teammate, Charles Leclerc.

However, after reviewing the data and telemetry, the stewards determined that said brake failure did not fall within the mitigating circumstances of the case within the regulations and decided to punish Hamilton with five seconds over his total race time.

The 40-year-old driver cut turns 14 and 15 on lap 60, as well as turns 1, 2, 3, 6, 7 and 14 on lap 61, which was the penultimate one.

Lewis Hamilton He saw the lapped cars pass by and was the slowest car on the track, the 43-second advantage he had over Alonso was reduced in the end to 416 thousandths of a second, hence the penalty, after the checkered flag, cost him seventh position in the Grand Prix.