News Details

‘Dangerous' Hamilton escaped with ‘mild' penalty

Lewis Hamilton got off lightly with a 10-second penalty at the Russian Grand Prix because his practice starts were “dangerous”. That’s according to ex-F1 racer and now pundit Marc Surer, who asked: “Why does he think he is the only driver who can [practice] start at a different location?” Hamilton finished third at Sochi behind his Mercedes team-mate Valtteri Bottas and Max Verstappen after incurring two separate five-second penalties, both of which he served at the same pit-stop, for practising starts in the wrong place. The World Champion started the race from pole position and was in the lead when he made his only pit-stop, whereafter he never looked like finishing higher than...
Full Story »
4y ago from PlanetF1.com 0
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

Bottas Wins Russian GP After Hamilton Handed Double...

Valtteri Bottas has won the Russian Grand Prix from third on the grid,...
4y ago from Formula1News.co.uk

Lammers denounces penalty points: "It's...

Lewis Hamilton made two test starts where he was not allowed to, and that...
4y ago from GPBlog.com

Lewis Hamilton Is Very Close To Getting A Race Ban...

Lewis Hamilton was awarded two five-second penalties at the Russian Grand...
4y ago from Formula1News.co.uk

Stewards rescind Hamilton's Russian GP penalty points

Lewis Hamilton has returned to being on eight penalty points after...
4y ago from MotorsportWeek.com

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

Francesco Bagnaia wins Americas Grand Prix after Marc...

t;li>Marquez crashes while leading raceÁlex Márquez tops riders’...
12h ago from TheGuardian.com

Francesco Bagnaia earns dramatic COTA MotoGP victory...

Francesco Bagnaia scored a dramatic MotoGP victory at COTA as team-mate...
13h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

Marc Marquez prevails to take pole position in Austin...

Marc Marquez continued to assert his dominance over the MotoGP field by...

Marc Marquez prevails in all-Ducati battle for Austin...

Marc Marquez continued his perfect start to the season as he earned a...

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

IndyCar penalizes PREMA over fire safety issue

The NTT IndyCar Series has issued penalties to the PREMA IndyCar team for...

Popular On TotalWRC.com

Elfyn Evans bags the big game on Safari

Elfyn Evans and Scott Martin claimed their maiden Safari Rally Kenya...

Popular On GunnersToday.com

Arsenal transfer news: Gunners defender 'emerges as...

Arsenal defender Jakub Kiwior is reportedly attracting interest from...
1h ago from SportsMole.co.uk

Arsenal join Man United, Liverpool 'in the mix' for...

Arsenal are reportedly considering a summer swoop for Alexander Isak...
55m ago from SportsMole.co.uk

Report: Man United get significant Victor Osimhen boost

Napoli are already on the lookout for a replacement for Victor Osimhen,...
35m ago from CaughtOffside.com

Comments

Hottest News

Recent News


2014 GPToday.com
GPToday.com is not responsible for the news headlines and associated descriptions and images it indexes, the content of externally linked sites or the comments & postings of its users.

This website is unofficial and is not associated in any way with the Formula One group of companies. F1, FORMULA ONE, FORMULA 1, FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, GRAND PRIX and related marks are trade marks of Formula One Licensing B.V.