P1racenews AI automatic summary:
Lewis Hamilton had a rough day at Monaco on Saturday as he suffered a crash in practice before being issued a grid penalty after qualifying.
The FIA stewards handed Lewis Hamilton a three-place grid penalty for impeding Max Verstappen during Monaco Grand Prix qualifying. Despite qualifying in fourth, Hamilton got moved back to seventh. Ferrari’s incorrect information to Hamilton influenced the incident, but was not seen as a mitigating factor. The stewards clarified that Verstappen was on a push lap and Hamilton was slowing down. This resulted in Hamilton impeding Verstappen, leading to the penalty. The stewards emphasized that inaccurate radio messages causing an impeded incident do not serve as a mitigating factor.
