Blog: McLaren’s Dream Of Lewis Hamilton As F1 World Champion; Appeal Hearing On November 15

McLaren

Oct 26, 2007

McLaren’s appeal over alleged fuel irregularities in the Brazilian Grand Prix will be heard on 15 November.
Ferrari’s Kimi Raikkonen won the race to deny McLaren’s Lewis Hamilton, who finished seventh, for the world drivers’ championship.

Hamilton finished the race behind the Williams of Nico Rosberg and the BMW Saubers of Robert Kubica and Nick Heidfeld. BBC.co

The race stewards at Interlagos decided not to penalise the BMW Sauber and Williams teams after temperature readings from their fuel rigs during the race pitstops were under the variation permitted in the Formula One Technical Regulations.

But speaking about the upcoming appeal today, FIA president Max Mosley downplayed the potential threat to Raikkonen’s title.

“For us the world championship is over, the result is what it is,” he said today. “A team presented an appeal; at the moment, this doesn’t change anything - it’s up to them to prove they are right.”

Mosley also addressed the question of whether or not McLaren have the right to appeal the decision, given that they did not protest the results of the Brazilian Grand Prix.  About-Sport.net

McLaren’s hopes of Lewis Hamilton being awarded the Formula One world championship will be put to the test on November 15.

Hamilton lost the title by one point to Ferrari’s Kimi Raikkonen when finishing seventh at the final round of the season in Brazil after the Finn won the race.

But the FIA’s International Court of Appeal will hear McLaren’s appeal against the decision of the stewards at Interlagos not to punish the BMW Sauber and Williams teams after the temperature of the fuel in their cars was found to be outside the regulations.

But Max Mosley, president of the FIA which governs F1, said: “For us, the world championship is over, the result is what it is.

“A team presented an appeal; at the moment, this doesn’t change anything - it’s up to them to prove they are right,” Mosley said.  SportingLife.com