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With the British media, and the Formula One world in general, not quite able to believe the dramatic post-race goings-on at Sunday's Belgian Grand Prix, one of the officials at the centre of the controversy has denied claims that 'it was personal'.

Despite having received a slap on the wrist and a EUR10,000 fine for his part in the controversial pit-stop incident with Adrian Sutil in the European Grand Prix at the weekend, Felipe Massa has insisted he was blameless - instead pointing the finger firmly at his rival.

S?bastien Bourdais has been demoted five grid positions for being deemed to have impeded BMW-Sauber rival Nick Heidfeld during the opening phase of qualifying in Budapest for this weekend's Hungarian Grand Prix.

For the second time this season, Romain Grosjean has seen a GP2 victory taken away from him, this time after the chequered flag had fallen on a dramatic feature race at Hockenheim.

Lewis Hamilton has hit out at the penalty awarded to him in Sunday's French Grand Prix - his second in as many races - and has responded to media suggestions that he is letting the glamorous side to life as a Formula 1 driver take his eye off the ball.

Though he may have broken down in tears after being unceremoniously removed from fourth position in the Monaco Grand Prix by reigning world champion Kimi Raikkonen, it now appears that even if he had finished the race there, Adrian Sutil would not have scored any points anyway.

Ferrari team principal Stefano Domenicali has promised an investigation to determine what happened to provoke the drive-thru' penalty for Kimi Raikkonen that effectively scuppered his Monaco Grand Prix ambitions.

With Robby Gordon's appeal against his 100-point penalty dished out by NASCAR for failing pre-race inspection at Daytona hot on the agenda it seems like the penalty review board will be busier than usual this week when UAW-Dodge 400 winner Carl Edwards saw his #99 Roush-Fenway Ford fail post race

Robby Gordon has vowed to appeal NASCAR's decision to dock him and his #7 team 100 championship points and suspend crew chief Frank Carr for six races following a mix-up over parts at Daytona.

Dale Earnhardt Jr admits to having been "really frustrated" when NASCAR this week threw out his appeal against a 25-point penalty, imposed after he uttered a profanity on live TV following victory at Talladega three weeks ago.

Dale Earnhardt Jr admits to having been "really frustrated" when NASCAR this week threw out his appeal against a 25-point penalty, imposed after he uttered a profanity on live TV following victory at Talladega three weeks ago.

Team Dynamik has expressed its disappointment after Australian motorsport authority CAMS found the team guilty of breaching strict V8 Supercar series regulations relating to testing.

Olivier Panis will start tomorrow's British Grand Prix at Silverstone from the back of the grid after stewards penalised the Frenchman for slowing Felipe Massa during the Sauber drivers qualifying lap.

Subaru's Petter Solberg has lost the lead of the Corona Rally Mexico after stewards handed him a five-minute penalty for an incident in the time control before the final service.

Kevin Harvick, along with five Richard Childress Racing crew members from the No.

Winston Cup veteran Jimmy Spencer has been suspended for one week and fined $25,000 by NASCAR after punching Kurt Busch in the face shortly after Sunday's GFS Marketplace 400 at the Michigan International Speedway.