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Infringement - Hamilton - Causing a Collision with Russell in Turn
Published
An official FIA stewards' document from the 2026 Belgian Grand Prix.
Outcome5 second time penalty - collision
- Driver
- Hamilton · 3/12 penalty points (rolling 12 months)
- What happened
- Causing a collision with Russell in turn 5
- Regulation cited
- Art. 2 · driving standards (Appendix L)
- Stewards' reasoning
- The Stewards reviewed video, team radio and in-car video evidence. Approaching Turn 5 on the opening lap, Russell attempted an overtake around the outside of Hamilton and had established sufficient overlap to be entitled to racing room. Hamilton remained on the inside. During the corner, Hamilton experienced understeer and, despite attempting to avoid Russell by applying corrective steering, ma…
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