Ferrari has been fined €10,000 after Lewis Hamilton impeded Gabriel Bortooloeto during today's second practice session.

The Ferrari driver was travelling slowly approaching Turn 9 at approximately 80-85 km/h when Bortoleto, who was on an out lap and not on a push lap, approached from behind at approximately 240 km/h, resulting in a closing speed of approximately 155-160 km/h.

Hamilton moved from the middle of the track towards the racing line, at the end of the straight causing the Audi driver to brake and take evasive action.

The stewards accepted that Hamilton's right-hand mirror was damaged, as confirmed by photographic and video evidence, and that he had received no radio warning from his team. Both team representatives stated that such warnings are not normally issued where the approaching car is not on a push lap. Bortoleto also confirmed that he remained in control of the situation.

Nevertheless, the stewards considered that Hamilton unnecessarily impeded the significantly faster approaching car by moving onto the racing line at slow speed. The fact that Bortoleto was not on a push lap did not alter that conclusion.

The stewards also considered whether the incident should be regarded as dangerous impeding. In particular, they considered the high closing speed as well as the fact that a driver, who is aware that one of his mirrors is damaged, should exercise additional care before moving onto the racing line. However, Bortoleto remained in control and was able to avoid the Ferrari.

The stewards considered the damaged mirror and the fact that Bortoleto was not on a push lap as mitigating circumstances. These were balanced against the significant speed differential, Hamilton's movement onto the racing line and the resulting need for the Brazilian to take evasive action.

Taking all this into account, the stewards determined that the standard penalty for impeding during a practice session, which is a warning, was appropriate.

The stewards also considered the responsibility of Ferrari in relation to the incident.

The team was aware that Hamilton's right-hand mirror was damaged. As such, the stewards determined that the team should have provided appropriate radio warnings of significantly faster approaching cars, irrespective of whether those cars were on a push lap or not.

The stewards therefore determined that the team failed to provide its driver with appropriate information in circumstances where it knew that his ability to observe approaching traffic was materially impaired by the damaged mirror and imposed a fine of €10,000.

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