 The result saw Hamilton extend his lead in the Driver's standings to 7 points over Massa, who failed to score.McLaren also took over the lead in the Constructors' Championship by one point from Ferrari.In September 2009, Renault F1 admitted to an FIA World Motor Sport Council meeting that Piquet had deliberately crashed per instructions from Renault team principal Flavio Briatore and chief engineer Pat Symonds, in the hope of helping Alonso win.