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The McLaren drivers have both been penalised 5 places on the grid for tomorrows race for blocking Nick Heidfeld during his fast lap.

The McLaren team’s Martin Whitmarsh said “We accept the stewards’ decisions, but would like to add that neither Lewis nor Heikki impeded any of their competitors deliberately. It was an unfortunate incident, nothing more, nothing less. We look forward to tomorrow’s race”

That’s bad news for the drivers, however I would be surprised if they where the only ones to block, as Fernando Alonso was certainly blocked on his lap as well.

So Heikki will now start 8th and Lewis 9th.

Rain is looking likely, so we will see how the teams fair.