2020 Russian GP - Sochi

[Bagwan]

So , now I understand why he did it .
He was going for a piece of virgin track to start on , more like the grid .

And , now I understand why there was a first , then second penalty , as you are not allowed to stop in the grid lane unless you are performing a practice start . He had stopped , but went out farther to perform the start .

But , I also understand that a similar incident had occurred with Leclerc earlier this year in Spa when he was cited for not performing his recon lap fast enough , but was found to have done a practice start somewhere around the lap .
In that case the race director's notes had also shown the drivers where they could try the start , and Leclerc had obviously breached the rule , however , somehow , instead of being punished , it was seen only as reasoning that a punishment for too long a lap not to be handed out .

That's not very consistent , and a little hard to defend with a "too much mayhem" argument , as it was before the race .