Hamilton slapped with second penalty

Sunday 29th May 2011

Hamilton slapped with second penalty

Hamilton slapped with second penalty

Lewis Hamilton's anger and frustration with the race stewards has probably deepened further after he was hit with second penalty after the Monaco Grand Prix.

The McLaren driver was slapped with another drive-through penalty after the race following his crash with Williams' Pastor Maldonado during the closing stages of the race.

The 20-second penalty doesn't affect Hamilton's final position of sixth place as he was almost a lap ahead of Force India's Adrian Sutil in seventh place.

Hamilton was also hit with a drive-through penalty midway through Sunday's race following an incident involving Ferrari's Felipe Massa.

The Briton expressed his unhappiness after the race, saying it's a "fricking joke" that's had to face the stewards so often this season.

"Out of six races I've been to the stewards five times. It's a joke. It's an absolute fricking joke," he told BBC Sport.

"You know you can't overtake here. Very, very rarely do you get an opportunity.

"I was quite a lot quicker than Massa, I went up the inside and the guy just turned so early and just turned into me so I tried to go onto the kerb to avoid him, and we're stuck together.

"So it was just... and of course I get a penalty which is usual. He held me up in qualifying and I got the penalty. He turned into me, and I got the penalty.

"And I went up the inside of Maldonado and you can see on the screen he turned in a good car length too early to stop me from overtaking him and crashed into me. This stuff's ridiculous. These drivers are absolutely fricking ridiculous, it's stupid."

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