Keen to resolve any resultant penalties in time for the podium ceremony, following his clash with Alex Albon, the stewards summoned Lewis Hamilton in the moments after the chequered flag fell. However, telling Rubens Barrichello in the official post-race trackside interview that he was entirely to blame, the world champion reiterated this to the stewards via his team's sporting director, Ron Meadows. Whatever the stewards might have thought in terms of mitigating circumstances, by shunning the hearing Hamilton left them with no choice but to impose a time penalty. 'They were going to do a post-race investigation,' said race director, Michael Masi. 'So they did summons both drivers. But the...
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