Britain's Monday morning newspapers have reacted angrily to the 25-second penalty imposed on Lewis Hamilton following yesterday's Belgian Grand Prix, slamming the decision as having robbed the Briton of one of his greatest race victories. The partisan Daily Mirror was notably harsh, questioning “What does Lewis Hamilton have to do to win Formula 1 title?”, saying that “The FIA have already shown him winning races is not enough”.

The Independent newspaper criticised the penalty as "farcical", "disgraceful" and "ridiculous" which “rendered the race a joke”. The Telegraph, News of the World and Daily Mail all wrote that Hamilton was stripped of the victory while The Sun claimed it was robbery to deny him the ten points.

Amazingly however, The Times and The Guardian were both notably unvocal on the decision to penalise Hamilton, with both papers refusing to question the stewards' authority. Unsurprisingly newspapers from Ireland, Italy, France and Spain were much less consoling.

With McLaren now intending to appeal the penalty, it's likely that the sport's latest controversy will fill the pages of newspapers for many weeks to come. Regardless of whether the decision was right or wrong, the FIA's perceived favourtism of Ferrari will once again be debated at length.