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After the two five-second penalties for starting rehearsals in an unauthorized area before the Russian Grand Prix in Sochi, Lewis Hamilton almost felt a conspiracy from the rulers against himself (read HERE >>>).
He said his overwhelming Mercedes team was constantly being checked. The rules would be changed to make the races more exciting. “It seems that we have to fight the resistance,” said the World Cup leader.
Race director Michael Masi also shed the fat: “Are we on the same wavelength? I don’t think so,” said Hamilton.
In his public remarks after the race, the defending champion saw nothing wrong. As an apprentice, you will try to better protect yourself against the arbitrariness of commissioners you suspect in the future with an in-depth study of the rules. “I will make sure that from now on I stay squeaky clean and don’t give them any more reasons,” Hamilton promised.
His fellow drivers showed understanding for Hamilton’s payroll. “I have long told myself that I try to avoid the commissioners on the track. Meeting you at the hotel or at the bar is not bad, but you should avoid your office on race weekends,” said the driver of Red Bull Max Verstappen. . Ferrari driver Charles Leclerc said: “Lewis didn’t really do much wrong during the year.”
Mercedes takes responsibility
Mercedes chief engineer Andrew Shovlin emphasized that it was already known at the time that the rulers would not appreciate Hamilton’s idiosyncratic choice for exit exercises. Hamilton asked over the radio if he could start the trial earlier. He got the go-ahead from his crew.
“We didn’t realize how much he wanted to go further,” Shovlin said. “We didn’t see the first exit. When we saw the second, we already knew they wouldn’t like it.”
The Mercedes team thought that Hamilton would position himself a little closer within the allowed zone, so the race direction cannot issue a clear sanction. “But when we looked at the position of the car, it wasn’t a big surprise that they didn’t approve.”
As a result, the team took responsibility and had to pay a fine of 25,000 euros. Hamilton was saved from additional penalty points on his sinner list after Mercedes’ protest. However, at eight counters, he also leads these stats and initially has little room for further rule-breaking.
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