Albon scolds about Hamilton
“That was damn dangerous”
04/19/2025 – 03:01 a.m.Reading time: 1 min.
Lewis Hamilton ends the free training in Saudi Arabia as 13th. After an incident, he escapes a punishment with Albon.
An incident in the second training session at Formula 1 Grand Prix in Saudi Arabia almost brought Lewis Hamilton a punishment. Williams driver Alex Albon was on his fast round when he approached the slower Hamilton. The record world champion came so close to Williams in his Ferrari that he had to dodge quickly. Albon dropped behind, but sweared out loudly on the radio: “That was damn dangerous.”
The campaign initially introduced Hamilton an investigation by the FIA Stewart. These looked at the incident and came to the conclusion that Hamilton did not behave dangerously. Albon had already seen the Ferrari a curve before, according to “Dailymail” it said in an official message.
The Williams driver also said in a hearing that he had control of his vehicle at all times. He had been hindered by Hamilton, but contrary to his first assessment of radio, it was not a dangerous situation in the sense of the rules. The stewards therefore refrained from further investigations.
Hamilton should have expected a starting place sentence in the event of a violation of the standard. He ended the second training session with a disappointing 13th place. Team colleague Charles Leclerc, on the other hand, made it to 4th place. As expected, the McLaren pilots Lando Norris and Oscar Piatri were the fastest in Saudi Arabia on Friday. World champion Max Verstappen probably only has a little chance in qualifying.