Michael Schumacher has been given a 20 second penalty for his 'safety-car' pass on Alonso.

The Monte Carlo race stewards handed him a a drive-through penalty, which is converted after the race into a 20-second time penalty, dropping him from sixth to 12th in the results moving Sebastien Buemi,  into the points in tenth place.

The FIA stewards deemed the move to be a breach of  Article 40.13 of the Sporting Regulations, which states that “if the race ends whilst the safety car is deployed it will enter the pit lane at the end of the last lap and the cars will take the chequered flag as normal without overtaking."

Mercedes GP are expected to appeal the stewards' decision.