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Lewis Hamilton lost fourth place at the Hungarian Grand Prix after a five-second penalty for speeding in the pit lane.
Ferrari and Hamilton took the opportunity to make a third stop when Oscar Piastri’s retirement triggered a virtual safety car.
But Hamilton, who was racing Antonelli on the pit exit, saw a potential second place become fifth after his latest infraction.
Ferrari told Lewis Hamilton all was ‘okay’ before Hungarian GP penalty
Hamilton emerged ahead of Antonelli but it was quickly determined that he had been behind the Mercedes at the safety car line, which meant he had to return the place.
But the seven-time world champion still suspected something was amiss.
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“Everything okay with the stop?” Hamilton asked.
Engineer Carlo Santi replied: “All okay on our side. All okay.”
Hamilton repeated the ‘everything okay?’ question a few laps later, and it was only then that Ferrari informed him about his five-second penalty. It turned out that they had reassured him prematurely.
The British driver finished 4.3 seconds ahead of teammate Charles Leclerc, which meant he was classified just 0.7 behind.
Hamilton had lost his second-place starting position for impeding Piastri in qualifying, dropping him to fifth.
He has now received a five-second penalty in three straight races. In Belgium, he was sanctioned for causing a collision with George Russell at the start, while a false start was his undoing at Silverstone.
There was also a pit-stop mishap from Ferrari at Spa as Hamilton collided with a mechanic who was trying to adjust his front wing, but he avoided a penalty for an unsafe release.
Hamilton holds on to second place in the drivers’ standings heading into the summer break, but Antonelli’s advantage in top spot has now grown to 60 points.
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