Hamilton escapes grid penalty for FP3 release

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Lewis Hamilton has escaped a grid penalty ahead of the German Grand Prix, with Mercedes being fined for unsafely releasing him into the path of another car in FP3.

Hamilton was called to see the stewards after FP3 for an incident which had seen his car released into the path of Haas driver Romain Grosjean early in the session, forcing the Haas driver to slow dramatically. The rules state that it is the “responsibility of the competitor to release his car from his garage or pit stop position only …

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