‘Only human’ Lewis Hamilton vows to ‘take lessons’ from Russian GP F1 penalty

F1 world champion Lewis Hamilton says he is “only human” and insists he will “take my lessons” from his penalty at the Russian Grand Prix.
Lewis Hamilton (GBR) Mercedes AMG F1 in the post race FIA Press Conference.
Lewis Hamilton (GBR) Mercedes AMG F1 in the post race FIA Press Conference.
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Formula 1 world champion Lewi🍌s Hamilto🍰n says he is “only human” and insists he will “take my lessons” from his penalty at the Russian Grand Prix.

Hamilton received a 10-s⛎💙econd time penalty for breaking practice-start rules which cost him the chance of winning the Russian Grand Prix and matching Michael Schumacher’s all-time F1 record of 91 race victories.

The Briton relayed a series of angry radio messages during the race and afterwards labelled the decis🙈ion to give him two penalty points “ridiculous”, claiming that the Sochi stewards were “trying to stop me”.

F1 bosses ultimately rescinded the penalty points they had given to Hamilton and insteadꦅ fined Mercedes €25,000 on the basis the team provided him instructions not to do the practice start in the designated area.

On Tuesday, Hamilton took to social medi𝓰a to explain that his emotions were running high due to his passion for F1 and said he would “keep on fighting” in the coming races as he bids to draw level with Schumacher on seven world championship titles.

“I may not alwa🌠ys get it right in the face of adversity,” Hamilton 🃏wrote on social media.

“I may not always react the way you want me to when tensions are high, but I am only 𒉰human after all and I am passionate about what I do.

“I’m learning and growing every da🔯y, and I’ll take my lessons and keep fighting on to the ne𒅌xt one.

“T🍃hank you to those of you who🌸 continue to support me and are right there fighting with me.”

F1 chief Ross Brawn said he felt Hamilton will come away and “lick his wounds” from the✨ setback.

“Lewis has had some bad luck in the last few races, with the penalties in Monza and now Sochi,” Braw🥀n wrote in his post-race column.

“Personally, I would go away, lick my wounds and think about how I co💧uld prevent such incidences again in the future.

“That’s what I know the team will be doing. I know many𒅌 of the people, from my time at the team, and they will recognise they have made some mistakes.

“Bad luck and mistakes happen, it’s how you respond that matters. It’s easy to think the world is against you, but th𒈔ere is nearly always something you could have done differently and you can learn from.”

Hamilton holds a 44-point lead over Mercedes teammate Valtteri Bottas heading into the final races of the season after the Finn capitalised on Hami🎶lton’s penalty to claim his second win of the year.

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