The gloss was taken off Lewis Hamilton’s win in Saturday’s Sprint Race when it was announced that both the Ferraris had been disqualified from the main race of the Chinese Grand Prix.

The main race saw Charles Leclerc finish fifth with Hamilton a spot further back in sixth, but after the race, the stewards confirmed they would be disqualifying both cars. Alpine’s Pierre Gasly who finished 11th was also disqualified.

The stewards ruled that one of the skid blocks on Hamilton’s car was less than the required thickness, while Leclerc and Gasly were both in trouble after their cars were deemed underweight at the post-race checks.

While it was bad news for Ferrari, it means that Lance Stroll and Carlos Sainz, who had originally been credited with 12 and 13th place finishes suddenly finished ninth and tenth respectively.

Commenting on the situation a statement from Ferrari said; “We will learn from what happened today and make sure we don’t make the same mistakes again.

“There was no intention to gain any advantage.”

They added that the situation with Leclerc’s car resulted from his one-stop strategy, which had led to higher tire wear than expected.