“No breach of the regulations has occurred”– Christian Horner is infuriated by FIA’s decision to not penalise Lewis Hamilton

Samriddhi Jaiswal | 05/12/2021
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Stewards summoned Lewis Hamilton for ignoring the yellow flag and almost crashing with Nikita Mazepin ahead of the race.

During the final practice session in Jeddah, Lewis Hamilton was believed to have ignored a double-waved yellow flag. However, the stewards decided to take no further action against him.

They said that the double yellow flag warning on the FIA Marshalling System was activated at Light Panel Number 6 accidentally. No yellow lights were displayed to Hamilton.

“Unlike other incidents this year, there was no yellow flag or yellow light displayed to the driver. Hence, no breach of the regulations has occurred,” the stewards further added.

Red Bull’s team principal Christian Horner was not impressed by the decision as Max Verstappen was handed a penalty for ignoring yellow flags at the Qatar GP last month.

The second incident for which Hamilton was being criticised was the almost-collision with Haas driver Nikita Mazepin. While on a cool-down lap at turn eight, Hamilton was unaware when Mazepin came speeding past the British driver.

Mazepin was forced to take evasive action as he cut the corner to avoid a nasty crash ahead of the Sunday race. For this, Mercedes received a fine of €25,000 while Hamilton was left clean with no punishments with angered Christian Horner.

However, the Red Bull team chose not to appeal against the FIA’s decision.

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Nikita Mazepin is happy with Lewis Hamilton not getting a penalty

Meanwhile, Nikita Mazepin admitted that he is happy about Lewis Hamilton walking away without getting penalised. He said that he would not want Hamilton to be penalised for something that involved both of them.

However, Haas’ team principal Guenther Steiner was not happy with the decision. Steiner blamed FIA for favouring big teams like Mercedes and said that the decision would not have been the same the other way around.

Also Read: Nikita Mazepin says he didn’t want the Mercedes driver to be penalized for ‘impending’ him during practice

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Samriddhi Jaiswal

Samriddhi Jaiswal is an F1 editor and writer at The SportsRush. She started her career as a business journalist but soon found her calling in lights out here we go! Samriddhi has been a Ferrari fan even when her interaction with F1 was occasional. Her first real experience with the thrilling sport came when Charles Leclerc clinched his iconic victory in Spa and Monza and painted the track red. Now, a Tifosi, Samriddhi is a hardcore fan of the prancing horse and can relate to the chaos within the Italian camp and also admires Ayrton Senna and Michael Schumacher. Off the track, she finds her home in books and musical instruments.

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