Following a further steward’s inquiry on Thursday in Sepang, Jarno Trulli has been reinstated in third place and Lewis Hamilton disqualified from the Australian GP. This follows new information that came to light in which Hamilton and his team deliberately mislead the FIA (according to the stewards investigation).

The original penalty given to Trulli was due to him falling off the road in front of Hamilton, and then rejoining behind the Brit after the safetry car was deployed. He then allegedly passed Hamilton behind the safety car. However, according to radio transmissions between the driver and his team, Hamilton had drastically slowed down in the closing stages of the race, meaning Trulli did not have any other choice but to re-pass him.