Lewis Hamilton was handed two separate in-race 5s penalties in Sochi for a pre-race infraction, with the Englishman penalised for carrying out practice starts outside of the designated area in the pit-lane set out by the FIA. After the Russian Grand Prix, there was much discussion as to whether Hamilton's punishment was too severe. The race management have since reversed the penalty points the Brit was given but many pundits still feel he made a mistake. "He needs to know where to make his practice start," said former F1 driver Karl Wendlinger. "He has been in Formula 1 long enough. There are rules, even in the other motorsport categories. So you have to know where you can start," Wendlinger continued on Sport1, who was glad that somebody else could win for a change.
Source: GPBlog