G.P.'s 2009

Mil escreveu:Com um defeso tão agitado, com tantas alterações, aceitam-se apostas para os vencedores do ano..

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Mil escreveu:Com um defeso tão agitado, com tantas alterações, aceitam-se apostas para os vencedores do ano..

o campeonato vai ser para um dos Ferraris, pois muita coisa ainda vai mudar... para este grande prémio da Austrália penso que vai ganhar o Barrichello.

Hamilton disqualified from Australian GP
Lewis HamiltonLewis Hamilton has been stripped of his third place finish in the season-opening Australian Grand Prix after the world champion and his team were judged to have provided 'misleading' evidence during a post-race stewards' hearing.

The British driver had finished fourth on the road, but was moved up a position when original third place finisher Jarno Trulli was handed a 25-second penalty for having overtaken Hamilton behind the safety car.

However, following the discovery of new evidence, believed to be radio transmissions from the Toyota and McLaren teams, the race stewards convened a fresh hearing in Malaysia this afternoon to discuss the matter.

It is believed the radio transmissions contradicted the original statements presented to the stewards by Hamilton and McLaren.

A statement issued by the stewards said: "The Stewards having considered the new elements presented to them from the 2009 Australian Formula One Grand Prix, consider that driver No 1 Lewis Hamilton and the competitor Vodafone McLaren Mercedes acted in a manner prejudicial to the conduct of the event by providing evidence deliberately misleading to the Stewards at the hearing on Sunday 29th March 2009, a breach of Article 151c of the International Sporting Code.

"Under Article 158 of the International Sporting Code the driver No 1 Lewis Hamilton and the competitor Vodafone McLaren Mercedes are excluded from the race classification for the 2009 Australian Grand Prix and the classification is amended accordingly."

Further to the Hamilton decision, the race stewards have scrapped the penalty against Trulli and he has now been awarded third place for the Australian Grand Prix.

Revised Melbourne standings:

Classified:

Pos Driver Team Time
1. Button Brawn GP (B) 1h34:15.784
2. Barrichello Brawn GP (B) + 0.807
3. Trulli Toyota (B) + 1.604
4. Glock Toyota (B) + 4.435
5. Alonso Renault (B) + 4.879
6. Rosberg Williams-Toyota (B) + 5.722
7. Buemi Toro Rosso-Ferrari (B) + 6.004
8. Bourdais Toro Rosso-Ferrari (B) + 6.298
9. Sutil Force India-Mercedes (B) + 6.335
10. Heidfeld BMW Sauber (B) + 7.085
11. Fisichella Force India-Mercedes (B) + 7.374
12. Webber Red Bull-Renault (B) + 1 lap
13. Vettel Red Bull-Renault (B) + 2 laps
14. Kubica BMW Sauber (B) + 3 laps
15. Raikkonen Ferrari (B) + 3 laps

Fastest lap: Rosberg, 1:27.706

Not classified/retirements:

Driver Team On lap
Massa Ferrari (B) 46
Piquet Renault (B) 25
Nakajima Williams-Toyota (B) 18
Kovalainen McLaren-Mercedes (B) 1
Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes (B) DSQ

McLaren may face further sanctions

Lewis Hamilton and McLaren could face further sanctions from Formula One's governing body after being found to have deliberately misled stewards at the opening race in Australia.

"We could not rule out further action at this stage," an FIA spokesman said after the world champion was stripped of his third place in Melbourne.

Both Hamilton and his team were excluded from the classification for "providing evidence deliberately misleading to the stewards" at an enquiry immediately after Sunday's race.

Hamilton was promoted to third at that hearing while Toyota's Jarno Trulli, who was reinstated on Thursday, was demoted to 12th for overtaking the Briton while behind the safety car.

The stewards, who summoned Hamilton to a meeting at the Malaysian Grand Prix, also said on Thursday that they considered Hamilton and McLaren had both breached article 151c of the international sporting code.

The article regards "any fraudulent conduct or any act prejudicial to the interests of any competition or to the interests of motor sport generally" and carries penalties ranging from a reprimand to disqualification.

If the FIA were to pursue the matter, it would go before the World Motor Sport Council.

Mercedes-powered McLaren were fined a record $100 million and stripped of their constructors' points by the same body in 2007 for breaching article 151c in a spying controversy involving Ferrari data in the team's possession.

During the hearing, held approximately one hour after the end of the race, the Stewards and the Race Director questioned Lewis Hamilton and his Team Manager David Ryan specifically about whether there had been an instruction given to Hamilton to allow Trulli to overtake. Both the driver and the Team Manager stated that no such instruction had been given. The Race Director specifically asked Hamilton whether he had consciously allowed Trulli to overtake. Hamilton insisted that he had not done so.

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During the hearing, held approximately one hour after the end of the race, the Stewards and the Race Director questioned Lewis Hamilton and his Team Manager David Ryan specifically about whether there had been an instruction given to Hamilton to allow Trulli to overtake. Both the driver and the Team Manager stated that no such instruction had been given. The Race Director specifically asked Hamilton whether he had consciously allowed Trulli to overtake. Hamilton insisted that he had not done so.