Hamilton and Sainz demoted as eight F1 drivers hit with penalties

Eight drivers including Lewis Hamilton have been hit with further penalties following a review into track limits abuses at the F1 Austrian Grand Prix.

Lewis Larkam

02 Jul 2023

Alpine’s Esteban Ocon has received a total 30-second time penalty, with Nyck de Vries picking up 15 seconds.

Carlos Sainz, Hamilton, Pierre Gasly, Alex Albon and Logan Sargeant have all received 10-second time penalties, while Yuki Tsunoda has a five-second penalty.

All of the post-race penalties have been added to the elapsed race time, changing the result.

The review came after Aston Martin launched a successful protest against the race result.

A total of 83 lap times were deleted from Sunday’s 71-lap race.

Revised 2023 Austrian GP result

2023 F1 Austrian Grand Prix - Race Results
Pos	Driver	Nat.	Team	Time
1	Max Verstappen	NED	Oracle Red Bull Racing	71 Laps
2	Charles Leclerc	MON	Scuderia Ferrari	5.155s
3	Sergio Perez	MEX	Oracle Red Bull Racing	17.188s
4	Lando Norris	GBR	McLaren F1 Team	26.327s
5	Fernando Alonso	ESP	Aston Martin Aramco Cognizant Formula One Team	30.317s
6	Carlos Sainz	ESP	Scuderia Ferrari	31.377s
7	George Russell	GBR	Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team	48.403s
8	Lewis Hamilton	GBR	Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team	49.196s
9	Lance Stroll	CAN	Aston Martin Aramco Cognizant Formula One Team	59.043s
10	Pierre Gasly	FRA	BWT Alpine F1 Team	67.667s
11	Alex Albon	THA	Williams Racing	79.767s
12	Zhou Guanyu	CHN	Alfa Romeo F1 Team Stake	+1 lap
13	Logan Sargeant	USA	Williams Racing	+1 lap
14	Esteban Ocon	FRA	BWT Alpine F1 Team	+1 lap
15	Valtteri Bottas	FIN	Alfa Romeo F1 Team Stake	+1 lap
16	Oscar Piastri	AUS	McLaren F1 Team	+1 lap
17	Nyck de Vries	NED	Scuderia AlphaTauri	+1 lap
18	Kevin Magnussen	DEN	MoneyGram Haas F1 Team	+1 lap
19	Yuki Tsunoda	JPN	Scuderia AlphaTauri	+1 lap
DNF	Nico Hulkenberg	GER	MoneyGram Haas F1 Team	12 laps