Lewis Hamilton says he'll look for circumstances where the FIA could "create rules" to avoid future penalties in upcoming races.

The Briton has had stewards decisions go against him in two of the past three races. The first was a 10-second stop/go penalty for pitting while the lane was closed at Monza, followed by a combined 10-second penalty for completing practice starts outside the designated area on his lap to the grid in Sochi.

Not only that, Hamilton, who currently has eight, is getting close to the 12 penalty points he would need on his superlicence to see him given an automatic race ban.

Therefore, ahead of the upcoming four races where just two more penalties could trigger that ban, the championship leader wants to take no chances.

“I guess we’ll go through the rule book and pick out areas where they can create rules, areas where penalties have never been given before,” he said after the Russian GP.

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“We’ll try and figure out all the ones that they have, and try to make sure that we cover ourselves in the ones that we are aware of.

“We’ve gone through seasons before without penalties, so just have to make sure I give them no reason, not even a sniff, to be able to do something.”

In his frustration after Sochi, Hamilton accused the stewards of "trying to stop me", but later appeared to back down somewhat in a social media post.

“I may not always get it right in the face of adversity,” he wrote in an Instagram story.

“I may not always react the way you want me to when tensions are high, but I am only human after all and I am passionate about what I do.

“I’m learning and growing every day, and I’ll take my lessons and keep fighting on to the next one.

“Thank you to those who continue to support and are right there fighting with me. Still we rise!”