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what happened with hamilton steward review for yellow flag at silverstone

Lewis Hamilton was investigated after the British Grand Prix at Silverstone for a yellow-flag infringement, but the stewards ultimately gave him a reprimand , not a time penalty, so he kept third place on the road. The key finding was that he failed to slow for a single yellow flag at Turn 9 on lap 38, but the stewards accepted he had very little time to react.

What happened

  • Hamilton crossed the line in third place, then faced a post-race stewards’ review for a yellow-flag issue.
  • The stewards examined whether he had reduced speed enough in the yellow-flag sector.
  • They decided the correct outcome was a reprimand, which is a warning-level penalty rather than a race-changing time sanction.

Why he kept the podium

The stewards accepted that the timing left him limited opportunity to react, especially with the car battle around him, so they did not apply a harsher penalty.

That meant his result stayed intact and his Silverstone podium remained official.

In plain terms

It was one of those post-race reviews that looked tense in the moment, but ended without changing the classification.

So the short version is: investigated, reprimanded, podium kept.

TL;DR: Hamilton’s Silverstone yellow-flag review ended with a reprimand, not a time penalty, so he kept third place.