Hamilton given ten-place punishment

Lewis Hamilton has been punished for the pit-lane shunt that forced him and Kimi Raikkonen out of the Canadian Grand Prix.

Hamilton drove through a red light while he was leading the race and collided with the reigning world champion.

The McLaren driver will be given a ten-place penalty on the grid at the French Grand Prix but Raikkonen insists there are no hard feelings, especially as the Finn was to blame for an accident involving Force India's Adrian Sutil in Monte Carlo.

He said: "There's not much I can say. My race was ruined by Hamilton's mistake.

"Obviously, anyone can make mistakes, as I did two weeks ago in Monaco. It's one thing to make a mistake at 200 miles per hour but another to hit a car stopped at a red light.

"I am not angry, because that doesn't achieve anything and does not change my result! I am unhappy, because I had a great chance of winning."

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