Lewis Hamilton blamed himself for the mistake that led to him being penalised in Sunday's Italian Grand Prix in which he finished seventh after a storming drive from the back of the field. The championship leader and six-time world champion was leading comfortably when he pitted during a safety car deployment, having failed to see the signals that declared the pit lane was closed. He was handed a 10-second stop-go penalty for the error and had to pit following the safety car, rejoining in 17th place at the back of the pack before reeling off a series of fastest laps to climb into the points.

"We didn't do a great job with the pit stop," he admitted. "Honestly I didn't see those boards. I take responsibility for that so it's something that we'll learn from for the future. "But to get seventh and to get fastest lap and still get some good points, I definitely didn't think that was possible from 26 seconds behind, as the last car, so I'll definitely take it." He added: "And, obviously, I'm grateful that Max (Verstappen) didn't score any points. So, overall, it's not such a huge loss today."