Lewis Hamilton explained that a “computer” glitch was behind the confusion which led to him impeding Max Verstappen in Monaco.
And while the FIA stewards accepted that Ferrari – rather than Hamilton – were at fault, the decision was taken to give Hamilton a three-place grid penalty, meaning he starts Sunday’s Monaco Grand Prix from P7.
Lewis Hamilton impedes Verstappen at Monaco GP: Technology to blame?
Additional reporting by Thomas Maher
Verstappen was on a push lap as he encountered a slow-moving Hamilton through Massenet. Hamilton had moved to the inside, but the stewards noted that he had moved ‘into the racing line of Car 1 [Verstappen] entering Turn 3’, which caused the Red Bull driver to abandon his…