The seven-time world champion was hit with a five-second time penalty for colliding with Piastri’s McLaren as they battled over eighth place at the second chicane in the closing ൩stages of a thrilling race at Monza. 

Despite the contact - and penalty - Hamilton was able to salvage sixth place, one position behind Mercedes teammate 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:George Russell, having started eighth following a disappointi🔜ng qualifying. 

Hamilton 💎held his hands🍃 up for the clash and revealed he had apologised to Piastri straight after the race. 

“Ever🐻y point position that we are getting through these races seem to be incredibly hard-fought,” he told Sky. 

“Starting on the hard tyre today, it was nice to be offset, but it was difficult in the beginning. And obv♌iously it was not so easy to follow through the DRS train. But I enjoyed the battle that I had at the end. 

“It was a bit unfortunate. I misjudged🦩 the gap that I had with Piastri at the end. It was totally my fault and I went and apologised to him straight afterwards. And we move on.” 

Piastri, who ended up 💯dropping down the order and finishing outside of the points, acc♏epted Hamilton’s apology. 

“The one wit♛h Lewis, I think he ju๊st creeped over a bit more than he thought,” the Australian said. 

“The stewards gave out their verdict and Lewis apo𝕴logised, so nothing more I can ask 🦹for or do at that point.”

Hamilton said getting straight past Fernando🉐 Alonso’s Aston Martin was key to his recovery as he pulled off an offset s💦trategy, having been the only driver in the top-10 to start on hards. 

“I was righ📖t up there behind them [McLarens] for most of the race, so I knew I had 🦩slightly more pace than them but with the deficit of the hard tyre,” he explained. 

“But there was such a big gap that I had to catch. Iℱ thought once I caught them up, my tyres would drop off. But fortunately there’s were going off too and I was able to clear them. 

“What made the race fo💞r me was clearing Fernando immediately, that really opened thi🥂ngs up.”