The FIA will review Lewis Hamilton’s track-crossing incident at last weekend’s F1 Qatar Grand Prix after admitting their “concern”.
Hamilton’s race ended on the first lap in Losail after contact with Mercedes teammate George Russell, but he breached regulations by jumping out of his car and walking back to the pits by crossing the circuit.
But a week later the FIA are reinvestigating the incident to consider whether it was more serious than they initially realised. “The FIA notes that Lewis was apologetic during the subsequent stewards hearing in to the incident and acknowledged that the crossing was a serious safety breach. The TV broadcaster also reports that"the FIA do not want to single out Hamilton, but are concerned at the precedent potentially set".The initial statement in the aftermath of the Qatar Grand Prix read: "After crashing out of the race in Lap 1, the driver of Car 44 abandoned his car in the gravel and ran back to the pits.
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