Valtteri Bottas wins Russian Grand Prix as penalties dash Lewis Hamilton’s record bid

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Lewis Hamilton had been looking to match Michael Schumacher’s record of 91 wins in Formula One but had to settle for third as he was given two five-second penalties for stopping to perform practice starts at the exit of the pit lane, rather than in the designated area

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Valtteri Bottas of Mercedes GP celebrates on the podium after winning the Russian Grand Prix, at Sochi Autodrom, in Sochi, Russia, on Sept. 27, 2020.Valtteri Bottas won the Russian Grand Prix on Sunday after his Mercedes teammate Lewis Hamilton’s race was ruined by penalties, in front of the largest crowd of the pandemic-hit season.

Hamilton was already under investigation by the stewards when he started the race from pole position. Before the race he twice stopped to perform practice starts at the exit of the pit lane, rather than in the designated area. That eventually earned him two five-second penalties, dropping him as low as 11th at one stage.“Where’s that in the rule book?” he asked the team, and called the situation “ridiculous.

Hamilton’s championship lead over Bottas was cut to a still-healthy 44 points with seven scheduled races remaining on a calendar heavily modified because of the coronavirus pandemic. He tried to take the lead off Hamilton at the start using the slipstream but braked too late for the second turn, allowing Hamilton to retake first. Bottas later said a “massive bee or something” had obstructed his vision at the crucial moment.

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Not really...they have to give him a 10s penalty for the white driver to win...

Must be difficult for LewisHamilton to accept being beaten by a white driver.

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