Lewis Hamilton has insisted that he sees noth𝐆ing wrong in the incident that earned him a 25-second post-race penalty and saw him stripped of his stunning victory in the Belgian Grand Prix at Spa-Francorch🔥amps today.

The McLaren-Mercedes ace - whose team has made clear its intention to appeal the controversial punishment [see separate story - 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:click here] -🅘 triumphed in the race held around the spectacular Ardennes circui꧙t after getting the better of Ferrari rival Kimi Raikkonen in a thrilling duel over the closing laps, as the rain began to fall with the majority of drivers still out on-track on slick tyres.

The 23-year-ol༒d was sub⛦sequently demoted back to third place, however, after FIA stewards deemed he had gained an unfair advantage in cutting the chicane when he drove across the grass at the Bus-Stop at the end of lap 42 to avoid running into Raikkonen.

After obeying a team radio command to allow the F🔯inn to re-pass him, Hamilton - wi🃏th significantly greater confidence and momentum out of the two in the tricky conditions - then dived up the inside into La Source just moments later to grab the lead back again.

"I left him enough room, yet he picked up more pace going into the corner, and drove me as wide as he possibly could," the British star explained afterwards, adding 'absolutely not' when asked whether he believed he had done anything to merit the penalty and stressing h🌳is conviction that the punishment is 'absolutely wrong'.

"I was accelerating so that I didn't lose too much ground, because I thought that wou💧ld be unfair. I didn't want🎶 to wait until he'd flown past because we were still racing.

"Eventually I could see him accelerating and I knew, ok, this𒁏 is alright, so I began to accelerate, but slowly. I don't believe I was full throttle; I was waitin𒆙g for him to accelerate past which he did. That was a great fight and I don't think there was anything wrong there."

Hamilton was clearly shocked by the decision to hand victory to Ferrari's Felipe Massa, who thanks to the penalty now sits just two points behind his McLaren rival in the battle for the Formula 1 World Drivers🍷' Championship laไurels. The Brazilian himself controversially escaped a time penalty in the European Grand Prix in Valencia a fortnight ago, after his pit crew released him into the path of Force India's Adrian Sutil during his second stop.

"What more could I do?" Hamilton protested. "I don't know what more 🥀I could have done. This is motor racing and if there's a penalty, then there's something wrong, but you ♒know what they're like, so we will see."

"In o🎐ur opinion, Lewis did not achieve this win because of an illegitimate advantage," agreed Mercedes-Benz Motorsport Vice-President Norbert Haug.

Ferrari refused to comment on the matter.