The FIA ​​rectifies at the last minute after Hamilton's bitter complaints: "They are trying to stop me"

The International Federation (FIA) waited four hours to issue a correction that stunned the entire

in Sochi.

The stewards of the Russian GP removed the two penalty points on

super license

and settled the matter with a 25,000 euro fine for Mercedes.

This closed a most turbulent weekend for the six-time champion, who must still await

record of 91 victories for his assault

.

Third place, behind

and

, was a drop in the bucket for those used to such enormous challenges.

As on Saturday, when he found himself on the ropes in Q2 after repeatedly pushing the limits of the track, Hamilton surprised in the race with a couple of beginner errors.

Two start drills, a quarter of an hour before the traffic light went out, punished by the stewards with a 10-second

.

The goodbye to victory coincided with the beginning of his rage.

First he slipped it on the radio: "It seems the commissioners are trying to stop me."

Later, during the official press conference, he developed it in more detail.

“The sanctions this year are ridiculous.

The punishment should be applied when you put a pilot in danger or crash into someone, but I did not harm anyone, so it is a ridiculous rule.

"Try to leave enough space"

Neither at that time, nor two hours before, when he had violated the rule, did he take into account the criteria of

, the race director, who at the beginning of this week had reiterated his warning to all drivers.

Starts at

the end of the

, a critical spot where rival cars begin to accelerate hard, would be

punished

.

At least, Hamilton could avoid the blush of retiring two more points on his super-license.

At 6:58 p.m., the stewards completely changed their criteria, with no more evidence available than the Mercedes radio.

The messages in which

, his track engineer, wrongly informed him that he could practice exits off pit road.

There is a lot of rubber here.

Can I go out to the end? ”Lewis asked.

"Yes.

Try to leave enough space so that they can overtake you », replied his faithful Bono.

In the interpretation of article 36.1 of the regulations was the unexpected swerve of the race director and his stewards.

It should be remembered that just three weeks ago Hamilton starred in a turbulent scene at Masi's offices during the Italian GP.

Those protests in Monza after entering a

closed

seemed to crystallize on the shores of the Black Sea.

Four points, four runs

In this way, Hamilton retains four points on his card and will face the four races that remain until November 19, the date on which one year of his first offense is fulfilled.

At Nurburgring, Portimao, Imola and Istanbul, he will be able to surpass the Schumacher mark and increase those 44 points that he now has over Bottas.

Since the introduction of the points system in 2014, no rider has completed the cycle.

and

, with 10 punishment units, were the closest.

Last year,

, an Indian F2 driver, where this modality is also applied, did lose all his points.

The last premier class driver to be forced out was

at the 2012 Italian GP. The Frenchman had caused a terrible accident at Spa and his seat at Lotus had to be taken by

.

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