The final restart saw even more drama when Carlos Sainz, who was on course to bring home a double points finish for Williams with Alex Albon, was tagged by Nico Hulkenberg at the hairpin before colliding with Franco Colapinto further round the lap.
The Audi driver didn’t escape punishment for the incident as he received a 10-second time penalty for causing a collision, dropping him to P14 at the finish.
There were also plenty of penalties during the race itself, most notably for multiple instances of speeding in the pit lane.
Whilst being in contention for the podium, Gasly was hit with two separate five-second time penalties for this infringement, while his team mate Colapinto was found guilty just once.
Hamilton and Oscar Piastri similarly carried a bit too much speed through the pits but opted to serve their penalties during a stop under the Safety Car, which allowed them to keep P2 and P4 respectively.
The final restart saw even more drama when Carlos Sainz, who was on course to bring home a double points finish for Williams with Alex Albon, was tagged by Nico Hulkenberg at the hairpin before colliding with Franco Colapinto further round the lap.
The Audi driver didn’t escape punishment for the incident as he received a 10-second time penalty for causing a collision, dropping him to P14 at the finish. Sergio Perez was handed an identical penalty for being out of position at the second restart – this was announced after the race was over and meant that Cadillac lost out on their first points as the Mexican driver was demoted to P15.
There were also plenty of penalties during the race itself, most notably for multiple instances of speeding in the pit lane. Whilst being in contention for the podium, Gasly was hit with two separate five-second time penalties for this infringement, while his team mate Colapinto was found guilty just once.
Hamilton and Oscar Piastri similarly carried a bit too much speed through the pits but opted to serve their penalties during a stop under the Safety Car, which allowed them to keep P2 and P4 respectively. It looked like Russell would choose to do the same when he came in for a second set of tyres, but he ended up completing a normal stop and was given a drive-through penalty for failing to serve at the first time of asking, ruling him out of the points.
