Lewis Hamilton will not receive any further grid penalty for the Japanese Grand Prix after the stewards rejected a protest from the Williams team over the Briton's driving in qualifying.
Williams' Nico Hulkenberg had accused Hamilton of blocking him in Q3, saying that his final lap was ruined when he encountered the McLaren in the chicane as it hung back to try and get space for its own flying lap. However, the stewards found no evidence of any rules breach by Hamilton so let him keep his eighth place on the Suzuka grid.
He had qualified third fastest, but was already being demoted five places as he had required a gearbox change prior to qualifying.