'Our mistake': Ferrari boss takes blame for Hamilton's three-place grid penalty

[p]The [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/hamilton-lewis/tI5Vpe1h/"]seven-time world champion[/a] was accused of ‘not looking in his mirrors’ and impeding McLaren rival [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/piastri-oscar/MqKAIeUf/"]Oscar Piastri[/a] during his final slowdown lap after qualifying second behind world champion [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/norris-lando/WSVABbVF/"]Lando Norris[/a] of McLaren.[/p][p]His penalty means he will drop three places to fifth on the grid at the tight and technical Hungaroring circuit where overtaking is always difficult.[/p][p]Vasseur said: [b]"We will let the stewards decide. We told him, but far too late. If there's a mistake, it's our mistake."[/b][/p][p]Piastri told reporters: [b]"It was just Lewis, not looking in his mirrors. The yellow flag wasn’t my problem."[/b][/p][embed guid="f1880dea-cbc1-431d-a5fa-98f0c9295613" url="https://x.com/F1/status/2081058452374257898" social-type="twitter" /][p]Hamilton was denied claiming an unprecedented 10th pole position at the same circuit when Norris beat him in the final seconds by just 0.012 seconds.[/p][p]Piastri’s race engineer Tom Stallard told him on team radio, "I’m sure Hamilton will get a penalty for that" on team radio.[/p][p]Hamilton admitted the incident concerned him during post-qualifying interviews.[/p][p]He said: [b]"My mind is just elsewhere at this second because once I finished my lap, I don't know if I got in the way of someone - so I’m just trying to run it through my mind because I wasn’t aware anyone was coming."[/b][/p][embed guid="748d64f0-e208-4053-b237-eb9fd0c8805d" url="https://x.com/F1/status/2081078855557620211" social-type="twitter" /][p]He added that he was not told that Piastri was on a fast lap.[/p][p][b]"I was told, literally, when he was at the apex behind me, so I had no idea he was coming.[/b][/p][p][b]"I thought everyone came out behind me. I was the first out, so I thought everyone had finished their lap… Obviously, it wasn't intentional.”[/b][/p]