Controversy was created because of how the starting grid has
shaped after the penalties that were given to Hamilton and Magnussen.
FIA applies penalties in a peculiar way, resulting a paradox, although Hamilton was handed a 3 place penalty, he lost only two places in the starting grid.
Those penalties should have been applied in chronological
order, that is first 5 places for Magnussen for a mechanical change:
and then 3 places for Hamilton for impending Raikkonen during Qualifying:
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