HOCKENHEIM, Germany -- Lewis Hamilton and Robert Kubica have been promoted into the points at the German Grand Prix after both Alfa Romeos were given 30-second penalties for running illegal clutch settings at the start of the race.
Alfa Romeo says it intends to appeal the decision, but if it stands it means Williams has scored its first point of the 2019 season and Hamilton has extended his lead in the championship to 41 points over teammate Valtteri Bottas.
Over an hour after the chequered flag in Germany, the stewards were alerted to start data from the cars of Kimi Raikkonen and Antonio Giovinazzi that showed the torque delivered to the rear wheels when the lights went out did not match up closely enough with the way the driver manually released the clutch.