Hamilton, Alonso penalised for Malaysia duel

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

By GMM

10 April 2011 - 15:01
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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.DriverTeamGapPit
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

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