Overview

• Ferrari instructed Lewis Hamilton to return position to Charles Leclerc on the final lap after an earlier swap to let Hamilton chase the cars ahead, but the order was not carried out.
• Hamilton took eighth place 0.464 seconds ahead of Leclerc in ninth, according to official timing.
• Hamilton said he received the message late, misjudged the lap, and pledged to apologise to his teammate.
• Leclerc downplayed the lost place as minor yet called the situation stupid and referenced agreed internal protocols for swaps.
• Ferrari’s wider struggles included a misjudged setup direction, operational and qualifying lapses, and a roughly ten‑lap power‑unit drop for Leclerc, with the team scoring six points and slipping behind Mercedes in the constructors’ standings.