Lewis Hamilton is disqualification from the US Grand Prix after the checkered flag..
Lewis Hamilton’s suspicions may have been proven soon after the Briton claimed that a number of rules violations by other drivers went unpunished at last weekend’s United States Grand Prix.Hamilton was only able to celebrate his podium finish at Circuit of the Americas for a few hours, and Mercedes was later fined for driving too close to the ground.
This caused Hamilton to drop out of second place and lose 18 valuable points, while Ferrari driver Charles Leclerc was also disqualified for the same violation. It later emerged that only four cars were inspected by the FIA after the race, suggesting other uncontrolled drivers may also have broken the rules.
There were also multiple track limit violations at the United States Grand Prix, but it appears that many of them went undetected due to another FIA error. According to Auto Motor und Sport, the CCTV camera located at turn six was not aimed correctly, preventing stewards from taking action in the event of a violation at that corner.
New footage has emerged showing Sergio Perez repeatedly driving to the right of the white line at turn six, something he did “several times” with varying degrees of severity. Alex Albon, meanwhile, was investigated and cleared of “certain indications of possible criminal conduct” due to CCTV footage not being provided to stewards.
An FIA statement read: “During post-race analysis it was noted that some drivers may have exceeded track limits on the inside of turn six.
“In accordance with the Management’s decision (Document 59) regarding alleged breaches of the rules in the corner, which stated that ‘the available evidence is insufficient to accurately and consistently infer the actions violations’, the FIA is expected to update its infrastructure monitoring information to ensure better coverage so that possible violations can be reliably detected in future racing hybrid.
It comes after Hamilton suggested on Thursday that more than half the other drivers on the grid could have been disqualified if the FIA had tested every car, instead of limiting testing to just four of them.
“They only checked a few cars and 50% of them were disqualified,” the Mercedes driver said.. “There are still a lot of drivers’ cars that are considered illegal [but not tested].. Slippage is not a performance factor.. Of course, if you have a flat surface, people will push their cars as low as possible.”
“Most of the time some cars handle crashes better than others and you know, we’ve had a very stiff and bumpy car for the last two years.. In the end it didn’t meet the regulations..” and This needs to change.”
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