Hamilton on crossing the track: ‘Not singled out, just a miscommunication'

After Lewis Hamilton crashed out in Turn 1 in Qatar during Sunday's Grand Prix, the seven-time world champion decided to cross the track to get back to his pit lane. It is something the FIA does not want to see ever again, and decided to investigate further what happened, and also meetings with Hamilton. The Briton explained everything about the incident.

"They've spoken to me. When I sat in the meeting with them or in the stewards' office, I obviously put my hands up," Hamilton began to tell what happened at the meeting.

"In the heat at the moment, it was the wrong decision and what's important is to send the right message, particularly for the younger drivers throughout the ages, that that's not the thing to do. I apologised at the time and I think they were just looking at how to make sure that doesn't happen moving forward," the Mercedes driver explained.

'I was not singled out'

Hamilton also believes that it was a communicational error on the part of the FIA which made the F1 audience feel like he was singled out with this investigation because he is a 'high-profile driver.'

"No, I don't think I was singled out. I think, ultimately, it was just poor communication. I don't think what they had said is exactly what they meant. I think what they mean is that they're just going to look into how they can tackle it, those sorts of things moving forward, just to make sure that doesn't happen. I think there was a karting incident recently where a kid was hit. We really need to make sure that we're continuously focusing on safety. I think that's really at the root of it, but I just think they probably need to speak to their PR agent to do a better job," Hamilton concluded.