It looked like being another one of those afternoons in favour of Lewis Hamilton. His crash came before Hamilton had a chance to serve his stop/go penalty punishment. From the moment Hamilton then entered the pit-lane, his race was doomed. Hamilton had pitted illegally in a period when the pit-lane was closed to the drivers. Had the race continued, Hamilton could have served his penalty and perhaps had a better chance of salvaging a better final position. Leclerc’s crash brought the race to a stop via the red flag, and that meant Hamilton would have to serve his grid penalty almost immediately after the restart.

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