Formula One: McLaren boss Ron Dennis has revealed his team is yet to receive any formal contact from race stewards regarding a potential penalty for championship leader Lewis Hamilton.
It was believed the 22-year-old was under investigation for erratic driving behind the safety car at the Japanese Grand Prix after new evidence - footage filmed by a fan from the grandstand at Fuji Speedway - indicated he may have contributed to an accident involving Mark Webber and Sebastian Vettel.
The latter received a 10-place starting grid penalty for Sunday's Chinese Grand Prix for running into the back of the Red Bull driver and, if found guilty, it was thought Hamilton could suffer a similar fate.
A decision on any potential repercussions is expected some time today but Dennis said: "At the Japanese Grand Prix, after Lewis had left the circuit, the stewards wished Lewis to see some of the footage related to the race.
"We called him at the hotel and by the time we located him, the stewards advised him they didn't need to see him and we have thus far not received any formal communication from the stewards they wish to see him again."
Hamilton today expressed his disappointment at the prospect of any possible punishment that might be handed down.
"I don't really think much of it to be honest," he said. "I did the best job I could under extremely difficult circumstances with the rain, and I did the best job I could to stay out of everyone else's way.
"It's the first real situation I've been in in the wet behind the safety car having to manage a gap between the guy in front and look out for everyone around you.
"Your visor's completely fogged up, your mirror's completely fogged up, you're just scared of crashing into someone else, you're just trying to get out of the way and they're trying to put blame on me."
The incident occurred on lap 45 of the 67-lap race and Hamilton has come in for fierce criticism from Webber regarding his behaviour during the second safety car period and how he controlled the pace and rhythm of the field.
The new footage appeared to show the 22-year-old pulling over to the right-hand side of the track before slowing down appreciatively, causing the Australian to also brake and catching Vettel off guard.
Other drivers had also questioned his tactics of continuously accelerating and then braking excessively over the final part of the Fuji Speedway but Hamilton insisted he was an innocent party.
"If you look, I did it every lap, that's the line I raced on because it was the dry line and that's probably why I won," he added. "There was less water there but I always caught the pace car up.
"I pulled up alongside him, obviously I can't overtake him so I braked which was also giving me more heat in my brakes and my tyres.
"I waited for him to go away and all of a sudden Mark appeared up alongside me, I decided to accelerate and the next thing I hear is a big thud.
"He's allowed five car lengths behind me, I don't know why he was so close."
It has been a debut season dogged by controversy for the young star with the Ferrari spy row, his uneasy relationship with team-mate Fernando Alonso and now a possible FIA sanction dominating the headlines.
And Hamilton admitted he is getting fed up with the continuous distractions off the track and could even end up walking away from the sport.
"I had a good weekend, I don't think I put a foot wrong and I didn't do anything to harm anyone else or put anyone else in danger but I've come away to China and no doubt I'm going to be punished for something," he added. "I just think it's a real shame for the sport.
"If I've been in the wrong, I've been the first to put my hand up, or apologise at least, and I don't mind being given a penalty but there's been some really strange situations this year where I'm made to look the bad person or by the looks of it this weekend could be given a penalty."