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Hamilton investigation, Chinese GP 2025technical breach

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Summons · Published

Driver
Hamilton · 1/12 penalty points (rolling 12 months)
Offence
Technical breach - every ruling & the going rate →
Going rate across 10 rulings in 2025: Disqualified ×7 · No action ×2 · Fine ×1
Regulation cited
Art. 3.5.9
Stewards' reasoning
Alleged breach of Article 3.5.9 e) of the FIA Formula One Technical Regulations – Rearmost skid is less than required thickness. Nish Shetty Gerd Ennser Matthew Selley Pedro Lamy Zheng Honghai
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