Hamilton: "I just don't understand why they took that decision"

Just before the red flag went out for Charles Leclerc's crash, it was announced that Lewis Hamilton would be punished for an illegal pit stop. When the race was halted, the world champion went to see the race management, but what exactly did he want to know?

"I came back, spoke to the team, they didn't have any video," Hamilton told Motorsport.com about the incident.  "I just wanted to see what had been missed. I could have sworn on the entry to the pitlane there was no red light. It wasn't to see Michael [Masi], it was to see the other stewards who made the decisions with penalties."

Hamilton amazed at the whole situation

So, all in all, Hamilton was rather surprised by the whole situation and wanted clarification. For example, where the light was before the pits were closed. In the end it turned out to be hanging somewhere on the left side of the track, but he never knew that. He also questioned the actions of the marshals.

"I'm generally quite unsure why they pushed the car from that spot which they could have pushed the car back into. I know why, but I don't understand why they took that decision necessarily, because that wasn't needed."