FIA confirms Lewis Hamilton penalty after Singapore GP breach

Lewis Hamilton has been penalised for leaving the track without a justifiable reason during the latter stages of the Singapore Grand Prix.

The Ferrari driver had been summoned for exceeding track limits in the closing stages of the race at the Marina Bay Street Circuit.

Lewis Hamilton penalised after FIA investigation

The FIA has placed Scuderia Ferrari’s Lewis Hamilton under investigation for a series of track limits violations in the closing stages of the 2025 Singapore Grand Prix.

Hamilton complained of a loss of brake power as the race came to an end, though it is not clear to what extent that issue has impacted him in this situation.

“We’ve finished P9 because we got five five-second penalty for track limits,” race engineer Riccardo Adami told Lewis Hamilton.

“Surely it’s not a penalty when it’s force majeure?” Hamilton replied.

Having heard from Hamilton, officials duly elected to hand the seven-time world champion a five-second penalty. As a result, he’s officially classified eighth and not seventh.

“During the hearing, the driver confirmed that he left the track at several occasions,” the stewards’ summary noted.

“He was trying to manage a brakes issue situation. This being said, after further investigation, and in accordance with the list of exemptions foreseen in the Driving Standards Guidelines, the Stewards considered that this was not a justifiable reason and apply the usual penalty for such type of infringement.

“This was not contested by the team representative nor the driver.”

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Hamilton was cited for track limits multiple times on laps 60 and 61.

This investigation would be Hamilton’s second of the weekend, with an alleged red flag violation bringing him before the stewards in practice.

Hamilton had been summoned for an alleged breach of Article 33.3 of the FIA Formula 1 Sporting Regulations, which pertains to “leaving the track without a justifiable reason at 21:41,” for which he was judged to have breached.

Article 33.3 reads in full, “Drivers must make every reasonable effort to use the track at all times and may not leave the track without a justifiable reason.

“Drivers will be judged to have left the track if no part of the car remains in contact with it and, for the avoidance of doubt, any white lines defining the track edges are considered to be part of the track but the herbs are not.

“Should a car leave the track the driver may re-join, however, this may only be done when it is safe to do so and without gaining any lasting advantage. At the absolute discretion of the Race Director a driver may be given the opportunity to give back the whole of any advantage he gained by leaving the track.”

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