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Lewis Hamilton’s controversial Russian Grand Prix featured a contentious penalty that wrecked his victory bid and put him on the brink of a race ban before a stewards’ U-turn.
The world champion endured a complicated few hours in which he felt the wrath of the stewards with what Mercedes called “far-fetched” penalties, got grumpy with his race strategy and hit out at the officials’ decision-making and “ridiculous” rules around licence penalty points.
In this video, we explain everything you need to know about Hamilton’s penalty controversy, why it put him at serious risk of a race ban, and why the U-turn that partly allays those concerns was considered necessary.
