Mercedes summoned to stewards over Hamilton incident

Mercedes have been called before the stewards over an alleged transgression from Lewis Hamilton at the end of the Brazilian Grand Prix.

The team were summoned as a result of an incident involving Hamilton on the cooldown lap. The race winner stopped on track to pick up a Brazilian flag from a steward and is alleged to have undone his safety belts to do so.

This would be a breach of Appendix L Chapter III Article 4 of the FIA's International Sporting Code, which states: "Drivers must be properly restrained in their seat by safety belts in conformity with the Technical Regulations for the vehicle concerned, at all times during a competition when it is mobile on a circuit, pit lane, special stage or competition course."

Mercedes have sent along Sporting Director Ron Meadows to meet the stewards at 17:00 local time (20:00 in the UK) at the Interlagos Circuit.