Liuzzi penalised, Sutil scores first point

Liuzzi was under investigation for having overtaken Sutil under yellow flags on lap 55 of the race, on his way to eighth place.

However the Toro Rosso driver, who had given his team their first point of the season, has been penalised and it's Spyker who have now scored their maiden point.

"For sure I think we deserved this point after all the hard work this year and we finally got it," said Sutil. "It is a great feeling, even if we didn't get it on the track.

"I think it was the right decision, there was no green flag after this yellow flag from turn one, so we were definitely right and that is why we got this point."

Spyker team principal Colin Kolles added: "We had clear evidence that Liuzzi passed Adrian under yellow flags and I am pleased that the Stewards of the Meeting agreed. The decision, which has ultimately given us our first-ever point, is a just reward for Adrian, who drove an excellent race today.

"It is also a well-deserved boost for all the team's hard work this year. Now we have this milestone ticked off, we can now focus on on moving forward and being in the points on a more regular basis. We're all looking forward to China now."

Revised results and standings:

Pos  Driver        Team                   
 1.  Hamilton      McLaren-Mercedes
 2.  Kovalainen    Renault
 3.  Raikkonen     Ferrari
 4.  Coulthard     Red Bull-Renault
 5.  Fisichella    Renault
 6.  Massa         Ferrari
 7.  Kubica        BMW Sauber
 8.  Sutil         Spyker-Ferrari
 9.  Liuzzi        Toro Rosso-Ferrari
10.  Barrichello   Honda
11.  Button        Honda
12.  Yamamoto      Spyker-Ferrari
13.  Trulli        Toyota
14.  Heidfeld      BMW Sauber
15.  Sato          Super Aguri-Honda

Not classified/retirements:

Driver        Team                      
R.Schumacher  Toyota                   
Davidson      Super Aguri-Honda        
Rosberg       Williams-Toyota          
Vettel        Spyker-Ferrari           
Webber        Red Bull-Renault         
Alonso        McLaren-Mercedes         
Wurz          Williams-Toyota          

World Championship standings, round 15:

Drivers:                    Constructors:
 1.  Hamilton     107        1.  Ferrari              170
 2.  Alonso        95        2.  BMW Sauber            92
 3.  Raikkonen     90        3.  Renault               51
 4.  Massa         80        4.  Williams-Toyota       28
 5.  Heidfeld      56        5.  Red Bull-Renault      23
 6.  Kubica        35        6.  Toyota                12
 7.  Kovalainen    30        7.  Super Aguri-Honda      4
 8.  Fisichella    21        8.  Honda                  2
 9.  Rosberg       15        9.  Spyker-Ferrari         1
10.  Coulthard     13
11.  Wurz          13
12.  Webber        10
13.  Trulli         7
14.  R.Schumacher   5
15.  Sato           4
16.  Button         2
17.  Vettel         1
18.  Sutil          1