As seems to be the norm, Ferrari and McLaren dominated proceedings and, with the exception of a slippery first couple of laps, the race settled down into the usual processional event, although there was a lot of overtaking in the midfield to keep a bit of excitement going.

Unusually, however, the order at the front started to tighten up as the race entered it’s final third. And then came the rain. It’s a shame, but this is just about the only thing that really livens up F1 these days. Suddenly cars were slithering round corners and Lewis Hamilton, a bit of a rain king, was taking massive chunks out of Kimi Raikkonen’s lead in every sector.

With only a couple of laps remaining, Hamilton came storming up behind the Finn’s Ferrari as they approached the final chicane before the start/finish straight. He tried to go round the outside but Raikkonen held his line and shut the door as they approached the second part of the chicane. Hamilton had nowhere to go so, rather than cause an accident, he cut the corner.

Realising that he had gained an advantage from the missed corner, Lewis slowed along the start/finish straight to allow Kimi to retake the lead, switched to the inside and, thanks to his phenomenal speed in the wet, outbraked the red car into the next corner.

Both parties had behaved impeccably and given the viewers some real excitement. Hamilton quickly opened a gap before coming across other cars spinning all over the track, the avoiding action taking him temporarily off track and handing the lead back to Raikkonen. Shortly after this it was Raikkonen’s turn to fall off and the lead swapped around again. Then Kimi lost it completely and finished his race in the wall.

Hamilton had only to stay on the road for another lap an a half to take a magnificent win.

There was so much action at the end that it was a bit chaotic but incredibly exciting, especially as some drivers had pitted with only three laps to go and were flying round on wet/intermediate tyres, eating 30 seconds a lap out of the leaders.

A great race for once.

And then it all went wrong. The race stewards decided that Hamilton had gained an unfair advantage from cutting the chicane while trying to overtake Raikkonen and gave him a 25 second penalty, pushing him down to third place and giving victory to Filipe Massa.

Unbelievable. Disgraceful.

Hamilton had gained an advantage but had given the lead back. Unfortunately he was so much faster on the wet track that he was able to retake the lead at the next corner.

The stewards’ decision has, once again, made F1 look like a complete fix.

McLaren are appealing but, let’s face it, the FIA just love to beat them up (especially when Ferrari stand to gain) so I don’t hold out much hope.