{"id":294639,"date":"2023-10-29T08:10:18","date_gmt":"2023-10-29T08:10:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/?p=294639"},"modified":"2023-10-29T08:10:18","modified_gmt":"2023-10-29T08:10:18","slug":"lewis-hamilton-suspicions-backed-up-as-new-footage-shows-rules-being-broken","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/racing\/f1\/lewis-hamilton-suspicions-backed-up-as-new-footage-shows-rules-being-broken\/","title":{"rendered":"Lewis Hamilton suspicions backed up as new footage shows rules being broken"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Lewis Hamilton’s suspicions might just have been proven right after the Brit suggested that several rule breaches from other drivers went unpunished at last weekend’s United States Grand Prix. Hamilton was only able to celebrate his podium finish at the Circuit of the Americas for a matter of hours, with Mercedes later being penalised for running his car too low to the ground.<\/p>\n

It saw Hamilton stripped of second place as well as losing 18 valuable points, while Ferrari driver Charles Leclerc was also retrospectively disqualified for the same offence. It later transpired that only four cars were examined by the FIA after the race, which suggested that other unchecked drivers may have also been in breach of the rules.<\/p>\n

There were also plenty of track limit breaches at the United States Grand Prix but it seems as though many went undetected as a result of another error from the FIA. The CCTV camera placed at Turn Six was not angled correctly, according to Auto Motor und Sport, preventing the stewards from taking action regarding any offences at that corner.<\/p>\n

New footage appears to show Sergio Perez repeatedly driving to the right of the white boundary line at Turn Six, which he did ‘several times’ with varying degrees of severity. Alex Albon, meanwhile, was investigated and cleared regarding \u2018some indications of possible infringements\u2019 due to the CCTV footage not being available to the stewards.<\/p>\n

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An FIA statement read: “During the post-race analysis, it was found that several drivers may have exceeded the track limit on the inside of Turn Six.<\/p>\n

“In line with the stewards\u2019 decisions (Document 59) in relation to an alleged rule breach on the inside of the corner, which stated that \u2018the evidence available is insufficient to accurately and consistently infer infringements\u2019, the FIA will update the monitoring infrastructure to ensure better coverage so that possible infringements can be reliably detected during the race in the future.”<\/p>\n