Sir Lewis Hamilton 🇬🇧 under investigation for yellow flag infringement

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The FIA explained why the race finished under the safety cars.

A full lap was not completed after the lapped cars were allowed to overtake. The “Safety car in this lap” message was caused by a software defect.

https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/fia-explains-safety-car-finish-at-british-gp/10836635/

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The whole Williams team is now under investigation for unlapping themselves under the Safety Car when not allowed

https://mastodon.social/@fiadocsbot/116868598426653057

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Carlos Sainz 🇪🇸 received a 1 lap penalty for unlapping himself. Not sure at all what that means.

Things I missed: Sir Lewis Hamilton 🇬🇧 received a reprimand for not slowing down for a yellow flag

https://www.fia.com/system/files/decision-document/2026_british_grand_prix_-_infringement_-_car_44_-_yellow_flags_-_failing_to_slow.pdf

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@EdwinG It was a risk, but I think it was the right strategy if they'd had another racing lap.

@mattb Indeed.

They rolled a dice and lost.

@EdwinG I could explain the Sainz thing, but it'd rob you of a minute of your life that's better off spent admiring a flower or something.

@mattmay I’m stuck in a public transportation service disruption. All I can see is concrete.

I understand the reasoning. It’s the application of the penalty that I don’t understand.

What’s 1 penalty lap? Is it a 90s time penalty?

@EdwinG Since the race is over, they just consider him as finishing one lap fewer than he did.

It's just a timing thing between when the safety car came out for Max and when Sainz crossed a timing line. He thought it put him a lap down, which meant he could pass the safety car and go around with other lapped cars, but in effect he was .99 laps back and thus NOT entitled to do that. None of which matters because he was out of the points either way.

See? Clear as mud.

@mattmay I see. I don’t think there’s any precedent for that penalty.

@EdwinG Well, FIA naturally disagrees. :) https://mstdn.social/@fiadocsbot@sportsbots.xyz/116868905245048409

@mattmay I think I need a drawing for the situation 😆

Two SC1 lines?

@EdwinG but unlapping lapped cars is optional. Entirely self inflincted

@jerome Indeed. They could have left them in place.