Bourdais given 25-second penalty

The stewards' decision drops Bourdais from sixth to 10th in the race results - and also affects the title battle as it elevates Massa to seventh and therefore reduces Lewis Hamilton's championship advantage to five points.

Bourdais had been rejoining after his second pitstop on lap 50 just as Massa, who had yet to stop, turned into the first corner.

The Ferrari attempted to pass the Toro Rosso around the outside, but they made contact, sending Massa spinning. He rejoined and ultimately finished eighth.

The penalty moves Bourdais' teammate Sebastian Vettel up to sixth ahead of Massa, and gives Red Bull's Mark Webber a point for eighth place.

REVISED PROVISIONAL RACE RESULTS

The Japanese Grand Prix
Mount Fuji, Japan;
67 laps; 305.416km;
Weather: Cloudy, dry.

Classified:

Pos  Driver        Team                      Time
 1.  Alonso        Renault               (B)  1h30:21.892
 2.  Kubica        BMW Sauber            (B)  +     5.283
 3.  Raikkonen     Ferrari               (B)  +     6.400
 4.  Piquet        Renault               (B)  +    20.570
 5.  Trulli        Toyota                (B)  +    23.767
 6.  Vettel        Toro Rosso-Ferrari    (B)  +    39.207
 7.  Massa         Ferrari               (B)  +    46.158
 8.  Webber        Red Bull-Renault      (B)  +    50.811
 9.  Heidfeld      BMW Sauber            (B)  +    54.120
10.  Bourdais      Toro Rosso-Ferrari    (B)  +    59.085 (penalty)
11.  Rosberg       Williams-Toyota       (B)  +  1:02.096
12.  Hamilton      McLaren-Mercedes      (B)  +  1:18.900
13.  Barrichello   Honda                 (B)  +     1 lap
14.  Button        Honda                 (B)  +     1 lap
15.  Nakajima      Williams-Toyota       (B)  +     1 lap

Fastest lap: Massa, 1:18.426

Not classified/retirements:

Driver        Team                      On lap
Fisichella    Force India-Ferrari   (B)    22
Kovalainen    McLaren-Mercedes      (B)    17
Sutil         Force India-Ferrari   (B)    9
Glock         Toyota                (B)    7
Coulthard     Red Bull-Renault      (B)    1


World Championship standings, round 16:                

Drivers:                    Constructors:             
 1.  Hamilton      84        1.  Ferrari               142
 2.  Massa         79        2.  McLaren-Mercedes      135
 3.  Kubica        72        3.  BMW Sauber            128
 4.  Raikkonen     63        4.  Renault                66
 5.  Heidfeld      56        5.  Toyota                 50
 6.  Kovalainen    51        6.  Toro Rosso-Ferrari     36
 7.  Alonso        48        7.  Red Bull-Renault       29
 8.  Vettel        30        8.  Williams-Toyota        26
 9.  Trulli        30        9.  Honda                  14
10.  Webber        21       
11.  Glock         20       
12.  Piquet        18       
13.  Rosberg       17       
14.  Barrichello   11       
15.  Nakajima       9       
16.  Coulthard      8       
17.  Bourdais       4       
18.  Button         3       
       
All timing unofficial