Hamilton penalised!

Hamilton has been stripped off his Belguim GP title for illegally cutting a chicane during a duel with the reigning champion Kimi Raikonnen. As a result, Kimi's teammate Felipe Massa is granted the title and Hamilton pushed to third place. Hamilton's case came into hearing at the FIA International Court of Appeal judges in Paris. The five men bench also ruled out the appeal from McLaren for cancelling the 25 second penalty. Now Hamilton is only 1 point ahead of Massa with 76 points with only 4 races to go. The defending champion is only fourth behind Poland's Robert Kubica.