Sebastian Vettel had virtually led from start to finish after launching away from pole position and easily retaining first, even without KERS. Lewis Hamilton came in second after an impressive turnaround of McLaren performance while Vitaly Petrov brought Lotus Renault its first 2011 podium.
I hope they give them the benefit of the doubt on this occasion. We've seen cars finish before that wouldn't pass scrutineering with bits of car hanging off, broken exhausts, etc. It's obviously not helping McLaren's pace so there are extenuating circumstances.
By way of example, Button is a second a lap quicker than Hamilton at the moment whereas we know that Hamilton has been about half a second a lap quicker all weekend. So the car damage is costing him 1 - 1.5 seconds a lap.
Ps. Yup, go Perez! 1 stop strategy with great pace!! Beating Kobayashi.