Lewis Hamilton turned in his best qualifying session of the 2025 Formula 1 season Saturday in Monte Carlo, putting his SF-25 on the second row as he finished fourth in the session at the Monaco Grand Prix.
But he will not start there.
Hamilton has been given a three-place grid penalty for Sunday’s Monaco Grand Prix. The penalty comes as a result of an incident from the first segment of Saturday’s qualifying session.
Race officials summoned Hamilton to meet with the stewards following qualifying, for an incident in Q1 involving Red Bull driver Max Verstappen. That hearing was scheduled for 5:55 p.m. local time/ 11:55 a.m. Eastern
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