Sunday 7th September 2008
Lewis Hamilton was controversially stripped of victory at the Belgian Grand Prix after stewards judged that he had gained an unfair advantage from passing Kimi Raikkonen after missing the chicane. Although Hamilton handed back the place immediately after the manoeuvre, stewards still ruled against him and he dropped to third as a result of a 25-second penalty. “This is motor racing and if there’s a penalty then there’s something wrong,” Hamilton said as the stewards deliberated. “But you know what they are like.” Raikkonen later crashed out and Felipe Massa took the victory from Nick Heidfeld.