Crime and Punishment
Lewis Hamilton's controversial penalty after the Belgian GP, which cost the Briton a vital increase of six points in his championship lead, rekindled the suspicions, conspiracies, and distrust among many towards the governance of Formula One. Adam Cooper looks at what happened last Sunday - and why it happened
If there's one thing Lewis Hamilton can take comfort in this week, it's the fact that he's not the first World Championship contender to have a feeling that dark forces are out to derail his progress to the title.
Michael Schumacher experienced a whole host of problems in his Benetton days, Jacques Villeneuve found himself with a qualifying penalty in the penultimate race at Suzuka in 1997, and more recently Fernando Alonso was so upset with his infamous Monza blocking penalty that he threw a tantrum in Race Control.
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