Lewis Hamilton reprimanded for pit-lane violation, but retains German GP victory

He finished with 4.5 seconds ahead of his Finnish teammate Valtteri Bottas and 6.7 on Kimi Raikkonen, third of Ferrari, but a time penalty the 39, would have demoted. 19659004] Race director Charlie Whiting, prior to the decision, told reporters that he could not remember a direct precedent.

Commissioners took into consideration the fact that the accident occurred during the deployment of the safety car.

They also found that "at no time was there danger to any other competitor and the change of direction was safely performed."

The summons arrived more than one hour after the end of the race. in Hockenheim, after presentations on the podium and press conferences.

The former Finnish Ferrari driver, Mika Salo, had the best result of his career finishing second in the Italian team at Hockenheim in 1999.

Hamilton's victory had him catapulted to 17 points of the leader of Ferrari, Sebastian Vettel, who had dropped on a wet and slippery track

"I started to turn around, then they m & rsquo; Asked for boxing and then I said "Kimi pee" and then they said "stay out" and I was already in the lane, "said Hamilton to journalists.

"Then I started to exercise and try to go over the grbad, then they said" no, stay! " and I was already on the right track.

"It was really confusing, I was panicking all over the wall of the pit, I was probably the only one relaxed," he said. "They were screaming" yes, no, come in, do not come ". It was exciting. "