Mercedes have insisted they are more to blame than Lewis Hamilton for the pit-lane penalty that cost the World Champion victory at the Italian Grand Prix. Hamilton was on course for another dominant triumph until he stopped for fresh tyres under the Safety Car, not realising the pit-lane entry was out of bounds while marshals attended to Kevin Magnussen’s stricken Haas. As a result, the 35-year-old Briton was penalised with a stop-go penalty which he took straight after the restart following the red-flag period caused by Charles Leclerc’s crash. That dropped him to the back of the pack, nearly half a minute behind, and while Hamilton worked his way through to P7, it was undoubtedly a...
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