Overview

• Stewards penalised Hamilton for insufficient slowing under double yellow flags before the Dutch Grand Prix, issuing a five-place grid drop and two penalty points.
• An initially recommended 10-place penalty was cut to five after data showed he lifted, though not enough to meet the requirement.
• Hamilton said he learned of the sanction only after flying home, called it “pretty hardcore,” and pledged to use it as motivation for his first Italian Grand Prix with Ferrari.
• RacingNews365 reported a telemetry discrepancy prompted a post-race investigation, avoiding what would otherwise have been an immediate 10-second stop-go.
• Ferrari’s review of his Zandvoort crash cited a downgraded upshift that locked the rear wheels and a slightly wider line in damp conditions, as he targets a tight qualifying weekend at Monza.