Massa closes in after Bourdais penalty

Sebastien Bourdais has had 25 seconds added to his Japanese Grand Prix finishing time after making contact with Ferrari’s Felipe Massa on lap 52. The penalty demotes him to 10th place, after finishing the race in sixth, meaning he looses three world championship points. The incident occurred as Bourdais was leaving the pit lane. He [...]

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Heidfeld given grid penalty for pit entry

Nick Heidfeld will be penalised three grid positions for the Singapore Grand Prix after being deemed to have impeded Honda driver, Rubens Barrichello, while he was on a flying lap. The incident occurred during the first qualifying session when Barrichello was held up by the BMW who was entering the pit lane at the part [...]

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Trulli fined 10,000 euros

Toyota’s Jarno Trulli has been reprimanded and fined 10,000 euros after driving the wrong way round the Marina Bay circuit. The incident occurred during the first of two Friday practice sessions at Singapore, when the Italian spun coming out of the last corner. Instead of continuing down the main strait, he decided to come back [...]

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FIA reject McLaren appeal

The FIA International Court of Appeal has rejected McLaren’s appeal of Lewis Hamilton being stripped of a win at Belgian Grand Prix and stated that their case was inadmissible and would not be looked into any further. McLaren were appealing against the decision that Lewis Hamilton should have 25 seconds, a post-race drive-though penalty, added [...]

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More controversy as McLaren launch appeal

After McLaren’s yesterday confirmation of lodging an appeal against the penalty given to Lewis Hamilton, which lost him a win at Belgium, it has been revealed that race control told the British team they would be ‘okay’ after Hamilton’s chicane cutting that led to a post-race drive-through. On lap 41, at the start of an [...]

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Hamilton stripped of Belgian win

Lewis Hamilton has been stripped of his win and demoted to third in the aftermath of this years Belgian Grand Prix.  The McLaren driver has been given a 25 second penalty, handing Ferrari’s Felipe Massa the race win and promoting Nick Heidfeld to second. Hamilton was penalised for cutting the chicane and gaining an advantage [...]

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