After a review of the twenty five second penalty that was imposed against Toyota's Jarno Trulli in the 2009 Australian Grand Prix, which saw Hamilton promoted to third, it was decided to disqualify Hamilton as a result of evidence that showed that 'misleading' evidence was presented during a post race steward's hearing.

A review was carried out at the Malaysian Grand Prix which saw Trulli's third place reinstated.

A statement issued by the stewards said: "The Stewards having considered the new elements presented to them from the 2009 Australian Formula One Grand Prix, consider that driver No 1 Lewis Hamilton and the competitor Vodafone McLaren Mercedes acted in a manner prejudicial to the conduct of the event by providing evidence deliberately misleading to the Stewards at the hearing on Sunday 29th March 2009, a breach of Article 151c of the International Sporting Code.

"Under Article 158 of the International Sporting Code the driver No 1 Lewis Hamilton and the competitor Vodafone McLaren Mercedes are excluded from the race classification for the 2009 Australian Grand Prix and the classification is amended accordingly."

Below is the amened results for the Australian Grand Prix.

Pos Driver	Team	    	       Time
 1.   Button        	Brawn GP             	 (B)  1h34:15.784
 2.   Barrichello   	Brawn GP              	 (B)  +     0.807
 3.   Trulli        	Toyota                	 (B)  +     1.604
 4.   Glock         	Toyota                	 (B)  +     4.435
 5.   Alonso        	Renault               	 (B)  +     4.879
 6.   Rosberg       	Williams-Toyota       	 (B)  +     5.722
 7.   Buemi         	Toro Rosso-Ferrari    	 (B)  +     6.004
 8.   Bourdais      	Toro Rosso-Ferrari    	 (B)  +     6.298
 9.   Sutil         	Force India-Mercedes	 (B)  +     6.335
10.  Heidfeld      	BMW Sauber            	 (B)  +     7.085
11.  Fisichella    	Force India-Mercedes  (B)  +     7.374
12.  Webber        	Red Bull-Renault      	 (B)  +     1 lap
13.  Vettel        	Red Bull-Renault      	 (B)  +    2 laps
14.  Kubica        	BMW Sauber            	 (B)  +    3 laps
15.  Raikkonen     	Ferrari               	 (B)  +    3 laps

Fastest lap: Rosberg, 1:27.706

Not classified/retirements:

Driver        	Team                      	        On lap
Massa         	Ferrari               	(B)    46
Piquet        	Renault               	(B)    25
Nakajima      	Williams-Toyota       	(B)    18
Kovalainen    	McLaren-Mercedes    (B)    1
Hamilton      	McLaren-Mercedes    (B)    DSQ