Brawn’s advice to Hamilton: Lick your wounds, learn

Lewis Hamilton and Mercedes should lick their wounds and learn from the mistakes made in Sunday’s Russian Grand Prix, Formula One’s managing director for motorsport Ross Brawn said on Monday. Six-times world champion Hamilton collected two five-second penalties in Sochi for practising starts in the wrong place, punishments that put on hold his bid for a record-equalling 91st win. The Briton, who finished third after starting on pole position, accused stewards of trying to stop him but Brawn, a former Mercedes team boss, saw a combination of bad luck and mistakes. “Personally, I would go away, lick my wounds and think about how I could prevent such incidences again in the future,” he said in a column on the formula1.com website. “That’s what I know the team will be doing”