Lewis Hamilton has returned to being on eight penalty points after stewards removed the two he received for a practice start infraction at the Russian Grand Prix. Hamilton was handed two penalty points, along with an in-race 10-second time penalty, for carrying out a practice start outside of the designated zone. He served the time penalty at his first stop, dropping him from the lead to a net third, while the penalty point situation brought his 12-month rolling total to 10. However a few hours after the race a clarification was issued by stewards. They confirmed that they “received information from the team that the driver of Car 44 [Hamilton] had received a team instruction to perform...
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