Nine drivers have been handed time penalties after the European Grand Prix.

All the drivers investigated for the speed behind the safety car received five-second penalties: Jenson Button, Nico H?�??lkenberg, Rubens Barrichello, Robert Kubica, Vitaly Petrov, Adrian Sutil, Vitantonio Liuzzi, Sebastien Buemi and Pedro de la Rosa.

Timo Glock also got a 20 second penalty for ignoring blue flags.

The penalties promote Fernando Alonso ahead of Buemi and Nico Rosberg claims the final point instead of Pedro de la Rosa.

Update: the stewards explained the punishments as follows:

The Stewards received a report from the Race Director regarding [the cars] failing to stay above the minimum time set by the FIA ECU when the Safety Car was deployed, The Stewards met with the [drivers and team representatives], considered the evidence and decided that this was a breach of Article 40.7 of the 2010 Formula One Sporting Regulations.

Article 40.7 of the sporting regulations says:

All competing cars must then reduce speed and form up in line behind the safety car no more than ten car lengths apart. In order to ensure that drivers reduce speed sufficiently, from the time at which the ?���?�SAFETY CAR DEPLOYED?���?� message is shown on the timing monitors until the time that each car crosses the first safety car line for the first time, drivers must stay above the minimum time set by the FIA ECU.

Nico Rosberg escaped a penalty for a similar infringement in the Japanese Grand Prix last year when the stewards decided he had not been able to see the target lap time.

Here is the revised finishing order of the race:

Pos. # Driver Team 1 5 Sebastian Vettel Red Bull 2 2 Lewis Hamilton McLaren 3 1 Jenson Button McLaren 4 9 Rubens Barrichello Williams 5 11 Robert Kubica Renault 6 14 Adrian Sutil Force India 7 23 Kamui Kobayashi Sauber 8 8 Fernando Alonso Ferrari 9 16 Sebastien Buemi Toro Rosso 10 4 Nico Rosberg Mercedes 11 7 Felipe Massa Ferrari 12 22 Pedro de la Rosa Sauber 13 17 Jaime Alguersuari Toro Rosso 14 12 Vitaly Petrov Renault 15 3 Michael Schumacher Mercedes 16 15 Vitantonio Liuzzi Force India 17 25 Lucas di Grassi Virgin 18 24 Timo Glock Virgin 19 20 Karun Chandhok HRT 20 21 Bruno Senna HRT 21 18 Jarno Trulli Lotus

2010 European Grand Prix

