Briton Lewis Hamilton was handed a 20-second penalty yesterday for defending his position with more than one change of direction, pushing him down from seventh to eighth in the Malaysian Grand Prix
Briton Lewis Hamilton was handed a 20-second penalty yesterday for defending his position with more than one change of direction, pushing him down from seventh to eighth in the Malaysian Grand Prix.
As a result, Japanese Kamui Kobayashi of Sauber moved up one position in the final order to seventh. McLaren driver Hamilton and two times champion Spaniard Fernando Alonso of Ferrari were both called to appear before the race stewards following a collision when they were fighting for third place on lap 46.
The Ferrari driver eventually finished sixth while Hamilton had to sttle for seventh. Alonso was also given a 20-second penalty for causing a collision, but because of Hamilton's punishment from the stewards it had no effect on his position in the result.
