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# Video: The penalties and the U-turn – all you need to know
- URL: https://www.the-race.com/formula-1/video-the-penalties-and-the-u-turn-all-you-need-to-know/
- Published: 2020-09-28T13:31:01.000Z
- Updated: 2023-09-16T18:03:19.000Z
- Description: 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. Our new video explains the whole saga
- Author: Matt Beer
- Tags: Formula 1, #video, #image-bottom-center

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.