Monday, September 8, 2008

Massa Win Belgian Grand Prix after Lewis Hamilton Penalised

Felipe Massa, Ferrari driver declared to be the winner Belgian Grand Prix after McLaren driver Lewis Hamilton was penalized for 25-second following the race. As a result, Hamilton drops to third place, with BMW Sauber driver Nick Heidfeld moving up to second.

Hamilton was penalised after stewards decided he had an advantage by cutting the final chicane in his late-race battle with Ferrari’s Kimi Raikkonen.

McAllen insisted they had little choice to appeal the stewards' decision, that Hamilton had immediately give the lead back to Reckoned on the start-finish straight, before passing Reckoned going into the La Source hairpin. With this win, Massac cut the different point with just 2 point. See the driver standing
Driver Standings
01. Lewis Hamilton--------76
02. Felipe Massa----------74
03. Robert Kubica---------58
04. Kimi Räikkönen--------57
05. Nick Heidfeld----------49
06. Heikki Kovalainen-----43
07. Jarno Trulli------------26
08. Fernando Alonso-------23
09. Mark Webber----------19
10. Timo Glock------------15
11. Nelsinho Piquet--------13
12. Sebastian Vettel-------13
13. Rubens Barrichello-----11
14. Nico Rosberg-----------9
15. Kazuki Nakajima-------8

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