The Mercedes driver had finished second behind Red Bull's Max Verstappen but four hours after the conclusion of the Grand Prix discovered it would all count for nothing.
Hamilton finished second behind Max Verstappen at Circuit of the Americas. But the. Ferrari's Charles Leclerc, who came sixth, suffered a similar fate in AustinBritish racer Lewis Hamilton was dramatically disqualified from Sunday's United States Grand Prix in Austin after the race.
They've been used in F1 since 1994 and were part of the safety measures introduced following the tragic death of Ayrton Senna. One is that it must have a thickness of 9mm or more. If the skid block wears down below 9mm, that's grounds for disqualification. Another was the schedule of the weekend, with a sprint race held on the Saturday. This means the teams and drivers get just one free practice session on the Friday to make sure their cars are in full working order for the weekend.That is then followed immediately by qualifying rather than two more practice sessions as is usually the case. Saturday then sees the sprint shootout and the 19-lap sprint race later, with the Grand Prix race itself on Sunday.
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