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McLaren’s Brazilian appeal inadmissible |
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Saturday, 17 November 2007 |
 After a month of preparation from all sides involved - the hearing in
London and a subsequent day of deliberation - the FIA International
Court of Appeal has thrown out McLaren’s appeal against the findings of
the stewards’ at the season finale in Brazil.
The stewards’ decision not to exclude Williams Toyota and BMW Sauber
from the Interlagos race has not been considered and therefore the race
results stand...
The following is a press release issued by the FIA in which they
announce the findings and confirm that Kimi Raikkonen is in fact the
2007 Formula One World Champion.
The FIA International Court of Appeal met in London on Thursday,
November 15, 2007, to examine an appeal lodged by the Motor Sports
Association (MSA) on behalf of its licence-holder Vodafone McLaren
Mercedes against the decision (document 41) of the Panel of the
Stewards of the 2007 Brazilian Grand Prix dated 21 October 2007 and
counting towards the 2007 FIA Formula One World Championship.
Following a report from the Technical Delegate indicating that the
temperature of fuel pumped into the cars N°9 - Nick Heidfeld, N°10 -
Robert Kubica, N°16 - Nico Rosberg and N°17 - Kazuki Nakajima, was more
than 10 degrees centigrade below ambient temperature, the Stewards of
the Meeting met to consider whether a penalty should be imposed.
Having heard the evidence they decided not to impose a penalty as they
had sufficient doubt as to both the temperature of the fuel on board
the car and to the true ambient temperature.
Having heard the explanations of both parties and having examined the
various documents and other evidence, the Court decided that the appeal
lodged by Vodafone McLaren Mercedes is inadmissible.
The International Court of Appeal was presided over by Mr Jan STOVICEK
(Czech Republic), elected President, and composed of Mr John CASSIDY
(United States), Mr Vassilis KOUSSIS (Greece) and Mr José MACEDO e
CUNHA (Portugal).
source: f1-live.com
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