Lewis Hamilton hit with grid penalty at Monaco Grand Prix after blunder saw him forced to apologise to Verstappen
LEWIS HAMILTON has been hit with a grid penalty following his incident with Max Verstappen in qualifying.
The Ferrari driver was almost involved in a collision in Monaco.
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Hamilton was told by his team that Verstappen was on a cool down lap when he was actually on a flying lap in qualifying.
That meant the defending world champion had to react quickly to swerve round his rival, narrowly avoiding a crash.
Hamilton, 40, has been hit with a three-place grid penalty, dropping from fourth to seventh.
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