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For a moment someone must have thought what Lewis was doing Hamilton on scooter a few minutes from the restart of the Grand Prix of Monza. The race was interrupted by the accident on Charles Leclerc’s Parabolic: but if Rosso’s career no longer had anything (in fact, just the flag), he kept much of the yellow. Race Direction had just given the Brit a 10-second stop-and-pitch penalty when Hamilton entered the pit lane with the pit lane closed.
Just your informal scooter in the middle of the race 🛴#ItalianGP 🇮🇹 # F1 pic.twitter.com/YQmiiG03Gj
– Formula 1 (@ F1) September 6, 2020
The British evidently did not notice the traffic light to the left of the Parabolica which indicated the closed pit lane regime, which meant that the pit lane was not passable. Hamilton stopped, however, thinking of winning in strategy given the entry of the Safety Car (due to the retirement of Kevin Magnussen on lap 19), but he couldn’t. It is your responsibility not to have seen the light signal, but especially the wall of Mercedes. The box, in fact, did not report the closure of the pit lane despite immediately receiving communications from the Race Direction.
⚠️ SANCTIONS ⚠️
Lewis Hamilton and Antonio Giovinazzi receive a 10-second stop-go penalty for entering the pit lane when they are closed
Both will do this when racing is resumed.#ItalianGP 🇮🇹 # F1 pic.twitter.com/BYFxWAi22D
– Formula 1 (@ F1) September 6, 2020
Moments of confusion that led Hamilton to take what he could find to quickly get to the stewards. And if what he found was a scooter, he used it. The course director Michael Masi commented on the incursion of the English: “I was not there. But from what I understand, when you saw the video, agreed on the veracity of the sanction. There are no problems for pilots to carry out this type of ‘foray’, in fact there are no restrictions. Fortunately, it’s not often that races need to be stopped with a red flag. Delegates always follow a policy of transparency: if someone has questions, they can always ask.“.
Hamilton, fair penalty
Going more technical, the Englishman violated article 28.14 of the FIA Sporting Regulations, what does it say: “In exceptional circumstances, the Clerk of the Course may close the pit lane for safety reasons.. Drivers, under this regime, can enter the pits only for obvious and serious problems with the car. A stop and go penalty of 10 seconds will be imposed for those who, according to the stewards, entered the pit lane for any other reason when it was closed.“In official FIA documents, the pit lane was closed at 15:41:47, while Hamilton entered the pits at 15: 41.59. A matter of 12 seconds. A trifle that gave one of the most spectacular races of the year. The issue of the green light at the start was different, and perhaps caused some confusion: Hamilton would still have been penalized for entering the pits with the pit lane closed.
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