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Felipe Massa handed five-place grid penalty

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Felipe Massa has been hit with a five-place grid penalty for failing to slow for double-waved yellow flags during final practice for the Belgian Grand Prix.

The incident occurred after the session was interrupted when yellow flags came out in sectors one and two to clear Daniil Kvyat's stricken Toro Rosso, which came to a halt along the Kemmel Straight with an apparent mechanical problem. Having investigated Massa, the stewards deemed the Brazilian had not slowed sufficiently under yellow flags.

As a result, Massa will have five places added to his qualifying result in what has proven to be a nightmare weekend so far for the 2008 Belgian Grand Prix winner.