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Why was Lewis Hamilton penalised twice at Sochi?

Russian Grand Prix – Lewis Hamilton picked up two separate pre-race procedural penalties at Sochi, but what rules did he break? And why did the stewards rescind his penalty points? Lewis Hamilton was given two separate penalties during the Russian Grand Prix at Sochi. Having started the race from pole position, the cumulative ten seconds of time penalties were taken at his one and only pitstop and, as a result, the reigning Champion was out of contention for the race win. Along with the time penalty, he was given a single penalty point for each of the transgressions. He was very unhappy afterwards, saying that the stewards were ‘out to get him' as he moved onto ten penalty...
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