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F1 blunders: When a race winner wasn't crowned for five days

Article To news overview © McLaren The 2003 Brazilian Grand Prix was one of the most chaotic and action-packed that you are likely to come across. As all great Interlagos races tend to be, it was a washout, creating the perfect conditions for an all-time classic - one that was prematurely ended by a huge shunt for future world champion Fernando Alonso. Towards the end of the Grand Prix, crashes for Mark Webber and Alonso (the latter hit debit from Webber's Jaguar) caused the red flags to be waved, and the race to be halted prematurely. It left a big question unanswered: just who had won the race? The rules stipulated that in that situation the result must return to the positions of each...
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