Speed loses point after penalty
Scuderia Toro Rosso's first point in Formula One has been taken away after Scott Speed was penalized 25 seconds for overtaking David Coulthard under yellow flags
Following deliberation by the stewards after the Australian Grand Prix, they decided that Speed had ignored the yellow flags by getting past Coulthard as he slowed to avoid Vitantonio Liuzzi's spinning car.
Speed was fined another $5,000 dollars for apparently swearing at Coulthard during the stewards meeting.
A statement said: "Reprimand and time penalty of 25 seconds to be added to the driver's (Speed's) race time.
"A further penalty is also imposed on the driver for using abusive language to another competitor during the stewards hearing. This conduct being wholly unacceptable."
It is not clear whether Toro Rosso will appeal the decision.
The change in results means that Coulthard is moved up to eighth.
Coulthard said of the incident: "I was following behind Tonio and Jacques at the restart and the incident was what caused the incident with Scott, where I was overtaken under the yellows.
"Tonio hit the left and then was coming back to the right, so the yellows were waved and I am slowing down to wait for the car to come to a halt and Scott goes flying down past me. And then we passed the green flags."
Revised Australian GP results:
Pos Driver Team 1. Alonso Renault (M) 2. Raikkonen McLaren-Mercedes (M) 3. R.Schumacher Toyota (B) 4. Heidfeld BMW-Sauber (M) 5. Fisichella Renault (M) 6. Villeneuve BMW-Sauber (M) 7. Barrichello Honda (M) 8. Coulthard Red Bull-Ferrari (M) 9. Speed Toro Rosso-Cosworth (M) 10. Button Honda (M) 11. Albers MF1-Toyota (B) 12. Sato Super Aguri-Honda (B) 13. Ide Super Aguri-Honda (B) World Championship standings, round 3: Drivers: Constructors: 1. Alonso 28 1. Renault 42 2. Raikkonen 14 2. McLaren-Mercedes 23 3. Fisichella 14 3. Ferrari 15 4. M.Schumacher 11 4. Honda 13 5. Button 11 5. BMW-Sauber 10 6. Montoya 9 6. Toyota 7 7. R.Schumacher 7 7. Williams-Cosworth 5 8. Heidfeld 5 8. Red Bull-Ferrari 2 9. Villeneuve 5 10. Massa 4 11. Webber 3 12. Barrichello 2 13. Rosberg 2 14. Coulthard 1 15. Klien 1 All timing unofficial
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