No conspiracy against McLaren insists race steward

One of the three race stewards at the Belgian Grand Prix, Surinder Thathi, declared that there was no conspiracy against McLaren or Lewis Hamilton. The Briton received a 25-second penalty after the race at Spa-Francorchamps, robbing him from his victory.

Surinder Thathi declared to news agency 'Reuters': "There was no conspiracy against anybody, McLaren included. We acted professionally and within the FIA rules. Hamilton took a short cut inside of the corner while off the track.

"We had a choice to mete out a time penalty or 10 grid places in the next grand prix race. We opted for the former and handed a time penalty of 25 seconds. I know I am a very unpopular person in the United Kingdom now, but then I was doing my job and I know I acted professionally."