Lewis Hamilton was dropped from second to fifth on the Hungarian GP grid after a 3-place grid penalty for blocking Oscar Piastri at the end of qualifying. The incident came after Hamilton lost provisional pole to Lando Norris by a narrow margin.

During the final lap, Hamilton slowed on the平特一肖 and appeared to block Piastri through Turn One while the McLaren was on a push lap. Hamilton said he was unaware of Piastri’s approach and was notદાવ intending to impede.

Stewards reviewed telemetry, video, and radio data and concluded that Hamilton unnecessarily impeded Piastri, imposing the penalty. The move promoted Charles Leclerc to second, Kimi Antonelli to third, and left Piastri in fourth.

Ferrari’s Frederic Vasseur blamed the team for the error, while Hamilton maintained it was unintentional. A separate stewards investigation is underway regarding Antonelli’s alleged yellow‑flag breach.