Hamilton says 'ridiculous' penalties aimed at stopping him

Lewis Hamilton said the time penalty which cost him victory at the Russian Grand Prix was "ridiculous", adding that he felt the ruling was simply made to stop him winning.

Hamilton missed the chance to equal Michael Schumacher's 91 career F1 wins after two incidents which occurred ahead of the race. When the pit-lane opened, Hamilton conducted two practice starts down the pit-lane exit instead of at the designated spot at the end of the row of garages.

The incident landed him with a combined ten-second penalty and two points on his superlicence points, moving him to the cusp of a one-race ban.

When told of the penalty during the race, Hamilton replied: "Where is that in the rulebook?"

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