Lauda: Hamilton decision is ‘worst ever’

FORMER world champion Niki Lauda has slammed the decision that saw Lewis Hamilton stripped of his Belgian Grand Prix win as “the worst judgement in the history of F1”.

Lauda was left incensed after the race stewards handed Hamilton a retrospective 25-second drive-through penalty for ‘cutting a corner and gaining an advantage.’

The incident concerned, at the end of lap 42 of the 44-lap race and as rain began to fall, allowed Hamilton to move into the lead ahead of Ferrari’s Kimi Raikkonen.