Massa penalised 10 grid positions

Sauber's Felipe Massa will be penalised 10 grid places after being found guilty of causing a collision with Jaguar's Pedro de la Rosa during the Italian Grand Prix.

The Brazilian came together with de la Rosa on lap 15 at Monza and both drivers were subsequently forced out of the race.

Massa will now drop 10 places from wherever he qualifies at the United States Grand Prix in Indianapolis in two weeks time.

Stewards have been given the option this year of such measures and Massa is the first driver to fall foul of them.

However, the rookie insisted he was not to blame.

Massa said: "He cut the first chicane but instead of moving over to let me by he stayed ahead for a lap.

"He was so slow going down to Ascari that I put my car in the middle of the track and, as far as I was concerned, I was past him.

"Maybe he hit the throttle again. Whatever, we touched and that damaged either my right rear suspension or the tyre so a lap later I was out."