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Hamilton, Alonso penalised for Malaysia duel

Hamilton drops from seventh to eighth, Alonso keeps his sixth place

By GMM

10 April 2011 - 15:01

Lewis Hamilton and Fernando Alonso have both been penalised following their stoush in the Malaysian grand prix.

McLaren’s Hamilton drops from seventh to eighth after stewards ruled he "made more than one change of direction" whilst dicing with Alonso, his former teammate.

And Ferrari driver Alonso also received a post-race drive-through penalty - 20 seconds added to his race finishing time - for "causing a collision" when he drove into Hamilton’s rear.

But the Spaniard keeps his sixth place.

"He just clipped me with his wing and broke my car’s rear floor. I don’t how much downforce that lost me. Today wasn’t the greatest of days," said Hamilton.

Final race results:

Pos.	Driver	Team	Gap	Pit
01	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull Renault	1h37m39.832	3
02	Jenson Button	McLaren Mercedes	+3.261	3
03	Nick Heidfeld	Lotus Renault GP	+25.075	3
04	Mark Webber	Red Bull Renault	+26.384	4
05	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	+36.958	3
06	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	+57.248	4
07	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber Ferrari	+66.439	2
08	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren Mercedes	+69.957	4
09	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes GP	+84.896	3
10	Paul di Resta	Force India Mercedes	+91.563	3
11	Adrian Sutil	Force India Mercedes	+101.379	3
12	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes GP	+1 lap	3
13	Sébastien Buemi	Toro Rosso Ferrari	+1 lap	3
14	Jaime Alguersuari	Toro Rosso Ferrari	+1 lap	2
15	Heikki Kovalainen	Team Lotus Renault	+1 lap	2
16	Timo Glock	Virgin Racing Cosworth	+2 laps	2
17	Vitaly Petrov	Lotus Renault GP	+ 4 laps	3
18	Vitantonio Liuzzi	HRT F1 Cosworth	DNF	4
19	Jérôme d’Ambrosio	Virgin Racing Cosworth	DNF	2
20	Jarno Trulli	Team Lotus Renault	DNF	2
21	Sergio Perez	Sauber Ferrari	DNF	1
22	Rubens Barrichello	Williams Cosworth	DNF	3
23	Narain Karthikeyan	HRT F1 Cosworth	DNF	0
24	Pastor Maldonado	Williams Cosworth	DNF	1