Hamilton vows to avoid repeated penalties: 'I'll make sure the stewards can't give me anything'

Over the past few Grands Prix, the seven-time world champion has been investigated by the stewards on multiple occasions and has also received several time penalties. In Hungary, he lost a position after being handed a five-second penalty for exceeding the pit lane speed limit by just 0.1 km/h.

"The last two races have been pretty bad from my side," Hamilton began to GPblog, among others, at the Hungaroring.

Still, Hamilton was not satisfied with certain calls made by the stewards. To begin with, he said about his false start at the British Grand Prix: "We talked in the drivers' briefing the fact that they're inconsistent with this stuff. Drivers in the past have moved and not been penalized.

He also added that even George Russell admitted after they made contact at Spa-Francorchamps that it was a racing incident. "Even the driver I collided with said that it was just a racing incident. I think that one was not needed. But that cost me a lot of points."

Regarding the incident in which he impeded Oscar Piastri on Saturday at the Hungarian Grand Prix, Hamilton takes responsibility.

The Briton continued: "That was really just unfortunate. I take responsibility for ultimately being on track. I should have looked in my mirrors. But I thought everyone would have been at the end of the first lap. The information I got was right at the end. A communication error."

For after the summer break, Hamilton sees one solution. "I'll work hard to try and come back. There's still a lot of positives to take. I'm going to try and make sure I don't give them any reason to penalize me."