Fernando Alonso has been dumped to 10th on the grid for this weekend's Italian Grand Prix at Monza.
Race stewards looked into a complaint from Felipe Massa that Alonso held him up late in the qualifying session and this evening punished the Renault driver.
He has been stripped of his best three lap times in final qualifying, dropping him to 10th on the grid.
Before facing the stewards, Alonso protested his innocence, claiming: ‘Massa complained about me blocking his lap and my point of view is quite clear. He was 300-400 metres behind me. It's a strange complaint.
‘I did my out lap at maximum so I didn't block anyone. I did my best sector times in the out lap.’
Massa's version of the incident was different, however, and the Ferrari driver claimed he lost three 10ths of a second.
