F1: Schumi Demoted To 12th For Alonso Pass

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F1: Schumi Demoted To 12th For Alonso Pass

Michael Schumacher passed Fernando Alonso on the last corner when the safety car peeled into the pits...

Adam Cooper | http://www.speedtv.com | Posted May 16, 2010 Monaco (MC)

Michael Schumacher is now being scored in 12th place at Monaco after the former Champion was given a retrospective drive through - meaning 20 seconds was added to his race time. (Photo: LAT Photographic)

Michael Schumacher has lost the points he scored in Monaco after a penalty dropped him to 12th place.

The former champion passed Fernando Alonso on the last corner when the safety car peeled into the pits. This year the rules changed to allow drivers to overtake from the safety car line at the pit entry onwards, but that does not apply on the last lap.

Schumacher was given a retrospective drive through which meant 20secs was added to his race time.

Fernando Alonso is now sixth, Nico Rosberg seventh, Adrian Sutil eighth, Tonio Liuzzi ninth and Sebastien Buemi gets a point in 10th.

Adam Cooper notched up his 25th season as a racing journalist in 2009. Born in London, England, he saw his first F1 race at age 10 in 1976. He began freelancing for Autosport magazine in 1985 and was on the fulltime staff from 1987-92. He then went freelance again, initially spending two years in Japan before following the 1994 Champcar series from a base in Indianapolis. He has not missed a Grand Prix since Suzuka ‘94, a run that has extended to Abu Dhabi ’09. Adam has written books about Eddie Irvine, Piers Courage and Michael Schumacher and hosts a race preview show on Sirius XM. He has written about F1 for SPEEDtv.com since 2005. Check out Adam's Blog or follow him on Twitter