Lewis Hamilton was handed a reprimand after a post-race yellow flag infringement at Silverstone, closing out Hamilton yellow flag infringement Silverstone with a formal stewards’ ruling. The seven-time World Champion had already taken a five-second time penalty for a false start earlier in the British Grand Prix.
Hamilton and Turn 9
The stewards said Hamilton failed to slow for a single yellow flag at Turn 9 on Lap 38. Their document said he entered the sector before any yellow flag or yellow light panel was displayed, then had the yellow indication appear on his steering wheel once he was already on the straight towards Turn 10.
They also said he did not make a discernible reduction in speed after the yellow appeared on the steering wheel display and the green light panel was illuminated immediately before Turn 10. That left the reprimand as the final sanction from the post-race hearing, and it was Hamilton’s first of the season.
British Grand Prix finish
Hamilton crossed the line in third place after a late-race Safety Car, but George Russell took the position he lost. The five-second time penalty for the false start had already been served during Hamilton’s first pit stop, so the yellow-flag case did not change the race result at the finish.
Hamilton’s own words matched the uncertainty around the day. After the race he said, “I was in P2 and then we stopped.” He had also said, “I’m probably going to get a penalty right now as well,” before adding, “I went through a yellow flag and I didn’t it. Jumped the start, yellow flag – when it rains, it pours.”
He also addressed the pit-stop decision that left him without the fresher tyres Russell had after the Safety Car. “Yeah, we could have predicted that. We did what we thought was right,” he said. The stewards’ ruling settled the last open issue from the race, and the only practical consequence left is the record of a first reprimand in a season already complicated by a false-start penalty.
