The worst of Ecclestone's/Moseley's behaviour is that they run F1 as if it were their personal game to play--let's tweak things this week to make the results come out the way we want. They have no sense of responsibility for the good of the sport. I don't think they have it in them to be ashamed.

Peter, London, Ontario, Canada

A F1 DRIVER OVERTOOK IN A RACE!!! I know its hard to believe, but how dare Lewis do this, he knows that Massa was the rightful winner and clearly the fastest driver in SPA. Its Lewis's fault for making Kimi go so fast that he crashed!!! Via the days of Ascari Fangio Clark Rindt Villeneuve Senna...

clive, addlestone, uk

It seems that the FIA are prepared to invent decisions to prevent a British team from success, A *Most Unreasonable Decision" from the FIA. if contested in a properly constituted court I am sure the the appeal would have been allowed.

A most dishonest way of deciding a Grand Prix result.

mike , Gillingham , Kent

Am I alone in remembering Michael Schumacher being given a stop go penalty within 3 laps of the end of a race and MS taking the stop go once he had won the race... and keeping his win.

Now what colour was MS's car ... oh red I believe - double standards galore here ... very sad for us fans

Joe

Joe, Kiev, Ukraine

Bit of a joke really isn't it.

Pete, Edinburgh,

I can only echo Alastair in Alicante's sentiments. F1 is truly a sport that can now only be enjoyed by the young, the naive and the idiotic, because the rest of us who have followed it for any length of time are now so calloused and cynical that nothing surprises us any more. A real shame. RIP F1

Jon, Belfast, uk

It would seem very clear that the FIA are not interested in Justice, but in ensuring that there decisions are final, right wrong or otherwise. The reason for a drive-thru penalty not being subject to appeal, is because normally, by serving your drive-thru penalty you effectively accept it!!!

John Beckmann, Brentford, UK

The incident happened two laps from the end of the 44-lap race when Hamilton cut a chicane, briefly gaining an advantage on Raikkonen. Although the 23-year-old immediately allowed Raikkonen to regain his lead,

Says it all really, so why the penalty? Are darker forces at work here?

Jurgen, St Maixent sur Vie, France

why do we bother with a biased sport.

hope ferreri are proud of how they win competitions!

wont bother with the grand prix in singapore, no point.

i see both arguments however we all know who pulls the strings makes me see red!

David Andrews, Colchester, England

FIArrari collude to pervert justice. In Court (!) Ferrari claimed the: drive-through penalty imposed is not susceptible to appeal; Stewards' decision was justified, & LH would not not have been able to overtake Mr Räikkönen; appeal wasn't lodged within the time limit = Ferrari's reputation damaged!

Tony, Nice, France

A corrupt decision. A corrupt sport. We all know it. I'm not sure why any of us even bother to get upset by it anymore. This decision was as predictable as American golf fans screaming "Get in the hole" during the Ryder Cup.

Scott M, London,

Can the FIA please tell me which red car they want to win next year and then I need not bother to watch. Well, don't worry, I don't watch F1 now anyway.

Mic Comber, Gaviao, Portugal

lets all hope he wins the champonship then he can tell the FIA to go Swivel, since they appear to be very much 1 sided (i.e. Ferrari are great)

mark, london, uk

Why not decide the entire champoinship in the FIA offices in Paris? I'm sure millions will tune in every two weeks to watch the legal teams competing in the white-knuckle ride that is the FIA appeals court...Pathetic, the FIA lawyers have missed the point entirely, what happened to sport?

patrick gunning, norwich, uk

Rigged, Rigged, Rigged!!!!!!
If the appeal was inadmissable, why were they there in the first place? Waste of time.
Do I care? Yes I bloody well do. I had money on Hamilton to win that Grand Prix and I have him at 4/1 to win the Championship. Hope Singapore is a disaster of a Grand Prix!!!

Jim, Berlin, Germany

Yes!!!

Kara, London,

FIA finds against McClaren shocker...

Mark, Birmingham, UK

Quite logical as a decision in itself, although you have to say that it seems pointless to spend hours on whether an advantage was gained before the decision had been made as to whether the case was admissible. The other problem is that a strong perception of unfairness remains.

Matt, Bristol,

Hamilton gained an advantage in Belgium, video footage shows he accelerated through the chicane. he did not try to avoid a collision or slow down, that is why he was ahead of Raikkonen. Clear advantage and I am supporting Hamilton! Kimi should have slowed down and allowed Hamilton to continue.

Jay Khan, Northampton, England

Gutted. I've been following F1 since the early 70s, watched every race live, travelled to at least 2 GPs per season, but enough's enough. I'm sick of the anti-McLaren / pro-Ferrari bias which has emerged in the sport over the past decade, the pathetic FIA, Mosley and Ecclestone. I'm done with it.

Alastair, Alicante, Spain