F1 bosses ‘trying to stop me’, says Lewis Hamilton after penalties in Russia

Lewis Hamilton was not happy after the Russian Grand PRix (Bryn Lennon/AP)

A fuming Lewis Hamilton has accused Formula One bosses of being out to get him after a 10-second penalty denied the Mercedes driver a record-equalling victory at the Russian Grand Prix.

Hamilton was penalised by the stewards for performing two illegal practice starts here in Sochi ahead of a race in which he had hoped to claim his 91st victory to match Michael Schumacher’s all-time tally.