Hamilton made the feedback within the wake of an admission by the stewards of last weekend’s Singapore GP that they got it wrong once they selected to provide Max Verstappen a reprimand for blocking Yuki Tsunoda in Q2.
Verstappen additionally obtained a reprimand for stopping on the pit exit whereas ready to create his hole, with a queue of automobiles behind him.
Normally, impeding triggers an automated three-place penalty, so rival groups and drivers had been left confused when Verstappen escaped with reprimands.
A number of groups spoke to the stewards in an effort to know the selections, and in Friday’s workforce managers’ assembly in Japan steward Matteo Perini, who additionally served in Singapore, admitted the reprimand for the Tsunoda incident ought to have been a grid penalty.
He added that the dearth of a radio message from Crimson Bull to Verstappen mustn’t have been taken as mitigating circumstances.
Hamilton made it clear that he was not impressed that the error was made.
“Probably not,” he stated when requested by Autosport if he was happy that there was now readability on the matter.
“What number of years have we…. That rule has been the identical for ages, you realize? I believe we have to begin trying into AI for this form of factor, so we get good selections.”
Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes-AMG, attending the FIA press convention
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Requested if want to see everlasting stewards, Hamilton added: “I want to see whether or not AI may do a greater job or not.”
Hamilton’s Mercedes team-mate George Russell admitted he’d been confused by the unique determination to provide a reprimand.
“It was undoubtedly a bit unusual to see even Max bought away with these reprimands final week,” stated the GPDA director.
“We clearly at all times search for consistency. We recognize it isn’t simple in the perfect of occasions, however final week was clearly a little bit of a slam dunk. So it was unusual why it did not occur.”
Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz stated he hoped that classes had been realized by the FIA.
“It is only a disgrace that the man that’s dominating and successful just about each race is the one one which will get away with it, whereas all of the others we have had penalties this 12 months,” stated the Spaniard.
“And once I say everybody, everybody has just about had penalties. So it’s kind of unusual, and yeah, hopefully they be taught from it.”