Lewis Hamilton has been hit with a three-place grid penalty for the F1 Monaco Grand Prix after impeding 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Max Verstappen.

In Q1, Verstappen was blocked by Hamilton up the hill towards Massenet - the fast⛎ left-hander in the first sector. 

While both drivers made it through safely into Q2, the incident was put under investigati♕on by race control.

Lewis Hamilton's view on the block

Speaking to media after qualifying in Monaco, where mahbx.com are present in the paddock, 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Lewis Hamilton said: “Yeah, well, basicall❀y, there was... I don't know if there was some sort of issue with the computer screen.

“It said that Max was on the lap, and then it disappeared and said it wasn't. So that was the information they gave me. They told me he was on a lap, soﷺ I moved to the side. I was completely the other way.

“And then, I guess for them they realised he wasn't on the la𒆙p, so they told me that. And so I started to accelerate. I stayed fully to the left. And I wasn't on the racing line, but of coursജe it was distracting for Max.”

After qualifying, Verstappen refused to blame Hamilton dirꦅectly for the incident, stating that🌜 it was down to Ferrari's poor communication over team radio.

Hamilton was told by Ferrari race engineer that Verstappen had sl﷽owed down after being three sec𝐆onds behind.

Verstappen was, in fact, on a quick lap, which was 🅰ruined by Hamilton.

Hamilton is now set to start😼 ♊Sunday's race from seventh on the grid following his grid penalty.

The penalty promotes Verstappen to fourth, one place behind F1 title rivꦫal Oscar Piastri.

Why was Hamilton penalised?

The stewards explained that: “The team first informe♔d the driver of Car 44 that Car 1 was on a fast lap. Then they sent another message saying that Car 1 was ‘slowing down’ when in fact Car 1 was always on a push lap and was not ‘slowingꦯ down’ as suggested by the team.

“This resu꧅lted in Car 44 speeding up and moving into the racing🍰 line of Car 1 entering Turn 3. Car 1 had to react to Car 44 appearing to move into the racing line. This meant that Car 1 had to move off the usual racing line and the push lap had to be aborted by Car 1.

“We carefully examined the racing line taken by Car 1 in previouﷺs laps at the same area and determined that Car 44 did in fact enter the racing line that Car 1 used in previous push laps. 💦This put it beyond doubt that Car 1 was impeded.

“The driver of Car 44 expressed his displeasure at the incorrect m❀essage from the team immediately after the incident. During the hearing, the fact of the team’s incorrect message leading to the incident was accepted by the driver of Car 44.

“As with p🔴revious incidents of this nature where a driver has received inaccurate or incomplete information resulting in a car impeding another, the fact that the radio message was the cause of the impe♛ding does not amount to a mitigating factor.”