In the round-up: Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff praises Lewis Hamilton for admitting his error while battling with Oscar Piastri in yesterday’s race.
In brief
Hamilton “very sportsmanlike” about incidents – Wolff
Hamilton’s willingness to accept when he’s made a mistake marks him out among other drivers, said Wolff. “He’s very sportsmanlike with these things,” he said. “He is the only one that I see out there admitting, saying, he got this wrong.
“We just had a chat, he [said he] didn’t see him on the right and it goes on [him]. And I think that kind of sportsmanship is what you need to admire with him. Pretty much everyone [else] is always complaining and moaning just to try to not get a penalty.”
Wolff said he had no complaint about Hamilton’s penalty. “That was Lewis’ mistake,” he said. “I think a five-second penalty for that is it what the menu says. These things happen, it’s hard racing. You’ve got to overtake here and seen a few of these. So it’s justifiable.”
Prema fined over Bearman’s father’s pit crossing
Prema have been fined after Oliver Bearman’s father crossed the pit lane while a car was approaching during Formula 2’s feature race at Monza yesterday. The team must pay €2,000, with an additional €8,000 suspended for the rest of this season.
Television pictures showed David Bearman was almost hit by Joshua Mason’s car while walking across towards the pit wall.
“While it is clear that Mr Bearman was not an operational team member of Prema Racing, this is still a breach of the sporting regulations and the team must at all times control who is present on their pit wall,” read the stewards’ report, after Bearman won the race for Prema. “A significant portion of this fine has been suspended to discourage a recurrence of a similar incident.”
Prema were fined the same amount a week earlier at Zandvoort for sending Frederik Vesti’s car out of the pits without properly securing its rear wheels, which then fell off.
Zandvoort flashback helps Pourchaire keep his cool in Monza
Theo Pourchaire said painful memories from Zandvoort helped him finish on the podium in Monza to extend his Formula 2 championship lead. The ART driver came third while title rival Frederik Vesti crashed out. Pourchaire now leads the standings by 25 points with 39 left available.
It comes a week after the Sauber junior blew his chances of a podium in Zandvoort as he crashed at turn seven, which played on his mind in yesterday’s feature race.
“Overall I’m pretty happy because it’s a huge day for the championship,” said Pourchaire. “I didn’t want to do like I did in Zandvoort, a huge mistake. I had a great opportunity today once again to outscore Vesti by a lot of points, so I did it.”
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