Chaos as Hamilton gets pole Late drama as Hamilton is awarded pole
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Adam Norman Last updated: 05th August 2007
Hamilton finds himself blocked
(by an asshole.)
Fernando Alonso was dramatically demoted to sixth place on the starting grid for the Hungarian Grand Prix late on Saturday night following an investigation into the controversial dying moments of qualifying.
The Spaniard pipped Mercedes McLaren team-mate Lewis Hamilton to pole position on his final qualification lap, but not before he had remained stationary in the pits for several seconds - denying the Brit another chance to take to the Hungaroring circuit.
Race stewards immediately called an inquiry into the incident, and, despite earlier confirming the grid positions, not only demoted the driver but ruled that McLaren would not pick up any points towards the constructors championship regardless of the race result.
Alonso's punishment cannot be reversed but McLaren have already made it known that they plan to appeal against their constructors points penalty.
The fiasco is precisely what Formula One didn't want following two weeks of wrangling between the Ferrari and McLaren teams over alleged spying.
Statement
"The actions of the team in the final minutes of qualifying are considered prejudicial to the interests of the competition and to the interests of motor sport generally," the stewards said in a statement.
"Because of the delay caused by Alonso, Hamilton was unable to complete his pit stop in time sufficient to enable him also to complete a flying lap.
"The stewards find that he unneccessarily impeded another driver, Hamilton, and as a result he will be penalised by a loss of five grid positions."
The BMW Sauber of Nick Heidfeld had originally pipped Kimi Raikkonen's Ferrari to third place but will now start alongside Hamilton on the front of the grid.
Raikkonen will be joined by Nico Rosberg's Williams on the second row, while the other driver to benefit is Ralf Schumacher, whose Toyota will start alongside the besmirched Alonso.
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