McLaren To Appeal Against Loss Of Points Penalty In F1 Constructors’ Championship
Aug 08, 2007
McLaren
McLaren wants to go forward in its appealing of the penalties awarded by the race stewards during last weekend’s Hungarian Grand Prix.
The silver team was deemed ineligible to score constructors’ points after Fernando Alonso held up teammate Lewis Hamilton in qualifying.
Aug 08, 2007
McLaren has decided to proceed with its appeal against the stewards’ decision to dock the team of points from the Hungarian grand prix.
The news was confirmed both by the Woking based team and F1’s governing body, the FIA, on Wednesday.
Late on the night of Hungaroring qualifying last Saturday, race stewards, led by permanent member Tony Scott Andrews, ruled that the Mercedes-powered outfit should be penalised for its part in Fernando Alonso’s now-infamous pit stop delay of his own teammate Lewis Hamilton.
Aug 08, 2007
The MotorSports Association, the governing body of motorsports in England, informed FIA of their intention to appeal the decision not to award constructors points to McLaren as a result of the pitlane controversy during qualifying.
Race stewards deemed the actions of the team “prejudicial to the interests of the competition” and demoted pole sitter Fernando Alonso five places on the starting grid while preventing McLaren from scoring any team points in the race.
Aug 08, 2007
Before leaving Budapest, Ron Dennis had hinted that the team wouldn’t contest the decision, but notification of the appeal has now been lodged.
An FIA spokesperson told Autosport: “We understand that the International Court of Appeal secretariat has received a confirmation of McLaren’s appeal from the UK National Sporting Authority.”
