Lewis Hamilton hit with time penalty at F1 Italian Grand Prix for Oscar Piastri clash
Lewis Hamilton has been hande𒁏d a five-second penalty for causing a collision
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The Mercedes and McLare🌼n drivers clashed on Lap 42 of 5🧔1 at Monza.
Hamilton looked like he might creep up the i🐭nside at Roggia, but drifted🍎 into Piastri.
Piastri was forced to pit for a new front wing.
Hamilton was later able to overtake Lando Norris and Alex Albon en route to finishing six💟th. He ended the race trying to open up enough of a gap on Albon to cling onto P6, which he mana♒ged.
His teammate Gꦺeorge Russell was one spot further ahead in P5 but there was no denying the Red Bulls, despite the best efforts of the inspired Ferrariꦬ duo.
Max Verstappen won a record-breaking 10th g✅rand prix in a row.
Both Mercedes drivers were hit with separate five-second time penalties in a frustrating race fo💝r them.
Hamilton later accepted the blame for his clash with Piastri: Hamilton apologises t🌱o Piastri for clash: ‘Misjudged the gap, totally my fa🌼ult’
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