Overview

• Lewis Hamilton will start five places lower at the Italian Grand Prix after being ruled not to have slowed enough for double waved yellows on a reconnaissance lap at Zandvoort.
• Telemetry cited by stewards showed roughly a 20 km/h lower entry speed, a 10–20% throttle cut, and an earlier lift and brake for pit entry, which they judged not significant.
• The usual 10-place drop was reduced to five because an effort to slow was evident, and Hamilton also received penalty points on his licence.
• Because the incident review was delayed until after the Dutch Grand Prix to gather data, the sanction is applied at Monza rather than in the Netherlands.
• Ferrari declined to seek a review to focus on performance at its home race; Hamilton said he was shocked by the severity, while Martin Brundle called the penalty a slam dunk and said it could have been 10 places.