The world champion had been summoned to see the stewards after final free practice at Hockenheim, following an incident earlier in the session.

His Mercedes had been released straight in to the path of Romain Grosjean, who was forced to bring his Haas to a stop to avoid a collision.

Following an investigation by the stewards it was announced that only the team would be punished.

A statement said: "The team admitted that they released car 44 from the garage when it was unsafe to do so."

Hamilton is on two reprimands already this season, and a third would have led to a 10-place grid penalty.

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