Sepang, Malaysia - Formula One world champion Lewis Hamilton was on Thursday stripped of his third place finish from last Sunday's Australian Grand Prix, race stewards in Sepang said.

The McLaren-Mercedes driver originally finished fourth, but was promoted to third after race stewards penalized Toyota's Jarno Trulli for overtaking during a safety car phase.

Sepang, Malaysia  - Formula One driver Jarno Trulli can hope that he would get back his third-place finish in the Australian Grand Prix when racing stewards meet Thursday.

A 25-second penalty was imposed on the Toyota driver after the Italian was deemed to have passed improperly under safety car conditions during Sunday's season opener in Melbourne. The penalty demoted him to 12th place.

Sepang, Malaysia  - Sebastian Vettel is looking to put the mistake that cost him a podium place in last weekend's season-opening Australian Grand Prix behind him when the Red Bull driver takes his place on the grid for Sunday's Malaysian GP in Sepang.

Vettel lay second with less than three laps remaining at the Albert Park circuit in Melbourne when he pulled wide on a corner, and as Robert Kubica of BMW-Sauber tried to capitalize from the mistake, the German crashed into him.