F1 News: Hamilton & Kovalainen get penalty
Saturday 22 March 2008
McLaren duo Lewis Hamilton and Heikki Kovalainen have received a five-place grid penalty by stewards after holding up Nick Heidfeld and Fernando Alonso in qualifying for the Malaysian Grand Prix.
The drivers had finished their laps early due to the threat of rain and had been cruising into the pits to conserve fuel. It was on these in-laps that they were judged to have impeded BMW’s Heidfeld and Renault’s Alonso.
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