You are so wrong about loving the off track drama, it is poisenous. But we keep coming back because F.1. is a virus you just cant shift, once you have seen, heard & felt an F.1. go past at flat chat you can never get it out of your system! I have now had the desease 39 years!

Pete, St Albans, England

it makes you wonder who is filling some people's back pocket,
it makes you see RED!!!!!!

dean, ferrensac,

There is no denying that the race officals have brought the sport into disrepute and should be required to answer for their actions before the governing body. They missed Raikkonen crowding Hamilton in the chicane (L IV 2c), weaving into La Source and overtaking under waved yellows.

David Guest, Harlow, UK

I recall Jackie Stewart admitting on tv he waited for the legs of the man with the flag at the start to start bending and off he would go.
He never waited to see the flag coming down!
It was the arrogance of the Scot that astounded me.He seemed proud to admit it.
Nothing in F1 seems to have changed!

james allen, manchester, england

a) Raikkonen's driving clearly gave Hamilton no choice other than to cut the corner
b) Hamilton slowed to avoid any perception of advantage and allowed Raikkonen to 'overtake' him
c) Hamilton simply drove better and did not crash
Watch Fiat / Ferrari sales drop! What victory?

Len Stevens, Edenbridge, UK

Just a quick question. Why if, as some have said, the penalty was such a fair decision have a number of former F1 drivers (Jackie Stewart, Nicki Lauda etc) all said it was a disgraceful decision? Surely these respected members of the F1 community have greater insight than us mere mortal viewers?

Neil Parker, London, UK

The only true honest sporting events left in this world are cock fighting and dog fighting :)

Nick Tchalakian, Los Angeles, United States

As I watched the grand prix, I could easily tell Hamilton gained a small advantage by cutting the corner. If he'd gone through the corner as per every other lap, he would have been further behind Raikkonen. He still would have won, but at that moment, he gained a slight advantage.

David G, Coogee, Sydney, Australia

I believe the mistake lands squarely with wrong advice from Ron Dennis from the pit wall. Lewis should have been told to drop back behind Raikonnen, not alongside, before executing his stunning overtaking maneouvre.

Dave Ablett, Llanllwni, Wales

Given the F1 fiasco of deducting 25 seconds off Hamilton's winning time, what would happen if say Arsenal won the FA Cup against Man U only to have that result overturned by some faceless official 2 hours after Wembley had emptied?

barry wadley-smith, Southend-on-sea, Essex

Conspiracy or not, Ed Gorman's article in today's paper makes a shrewd point - "The way the sport is administered may be, at times, incompetent or inconsistent...." In other words - it is unfair on some & favours others. Thus we have seen Hamilton suffer (apparently) more than say Massa.

Phil , Wolverhampton,

Since Hamilton came to the Formula One, apart from some hilarious mistakes for the eternity, all we have are scandals, rows and dangerous, unsportmanlike driving.
He should be out of F1.

Tato Dulanci, Vitoria, Spain

One of the main reasons for this farce is that the new 'bus stop' chicane is so ridiculously tight that to get two cars through side by side requires complete cooperation from both drivers.Something that is unlikely to happen during a race. Frankly it's an insult to a racing driver

Graham Scarborough, Hertford, England

All this hysteria about the FIA being anti McClaren. In fact McClaren benefitted the most from the FIA in not being expelled for having Ferari's most sensitive technical files in their hands. How could Ferrari race against someone who had fheir entire technical data? That is some leniency.

Frank, Halifax, UK

We care, the F1 supporters! In Spain there were TWO infringements from Ferrari, no action taken! Except the fuel guy getting broken bones!

There was no infringement from Lewis Hamilton, when you have ex-world champions saying the same, isn't it about time the FIA were held accountable!

Cass, Canterbury, UK

Lewis did give Kimi the pole pos back and over took him again, and a short while after this Kimi had the Lead again and SPUN IT! Lewis DID-NOT GAIN A POS by going off the track and was punished to the MAX! no 10,000 euro fine cuz its Mclaren & Lewis!

carl hall, burton on trent, england

Hamilton did not cut the chicane - he was pushed off . Defending a line is one thing but Raikkonen went further than that. He is the one who should be penalised. I tried the same thing in my karting days and was severely reprimanded. Hamilton then ceded his place - advantge over - end of story.

Ron Pringle, Eastbourne, England

A fair decision and one which has been used before. Remember Alonso at Suzuka? Almost identical to the event on sunday, and guess what? Alnoso was treated the same way Hamilton was.

Funny how when the person being persecuted is of national interest we turn to the highest level of arrogance.

James, Hertfordshire,

If there was any question - and having watched the race I cannot see how there was - it should only have been was the race outcome materially altered? Given what happened to Raikkonen subsequently the answer can only be no. The first past the chequered flag was the clear and correct winner.

David Burgess, Lymington, UK

Just to clarify, it is not an offence to cut the corner and gain an advantage. The offence is to cut the corner,gain and keep the advantage. Lewis surrendered the advantage and therfore has not commited a crime. The race was back on immediately Riakkonnen overtook. A Farce indeed!!!!!!!!!!!!

Charles, Wakefield, UK

Lewis is the only reason i watch even qualifiers and the race proper. If this injustice continues, i will turn my back on F1 for good.

Brian, Brussels,

I may be wrong but in terms of points advantage over the 2nd place driver in the F1 standings, wouldn't Lewis Hamilton have been best advised to let Kimi win and Massa come in 3rd. This would also have had the advantage of a Ferrari team split over who to back in the last 5 races.

Simon Leonard, Shrewsbury, UK

I only cast the occasional jaundiced eye over an F1 race these days. I used to be an avid fan, but I prefer to watch real sport, rather than the contrived and corrupt form of 'entertainment' that F1 has been for many years. It has about as much cred as WWF wrestling. Why do sponsors bother with it?

Rich Leonard, Southampton, UK

We don't want the off-track stuff at all - we want races like we had on Sunday, with a proper result earned on the track.
The current scenario is beyond farce.

Castro, Stroud, Glos

I have been an avid follower of Formula One since 1950 (Farina), have personally met at least 7 or 8 World Champions and have never seen anything as disgusting as the events following the Belgian GP last weekend! Hamilton avoided a collision, took the lead, gave it back then took it back and won!

Tim Holt, Brisbane., Australia

Once again controversary Hamilton was fighting Raikonnen for the lead whatever happened he beat Massa and Heidfeld fair and square, the stewards should be accountable for their descision and explain in detail how they arrived at it using the rules. Earlier in the race other cars also cut the corner.

Ken Price, Birmingham, United Kingdom