McLaren have dropped their appeal against their loss of constructors’ points from the Hungarian Grand Prix.
The team were stripped of their points after Fernando Alonso blocked Lewis Hamilton in qualifying. BBC.co
Ron Dennis’ team were unable to score any constructors’ points in Budapest after the shenanigans in qualifying, which the stewards ruled were ‘prejudicial to the interests of the competition and to the interests of motor sport generally’.
Following the second WMSC spy hearing last week though, which saw the Woking-based team kicked out of the constructors’ championship and handed a $100 million fine, it is now pretty pointless to continue with the Hungary appeal as regaining the 15 points won’t make a huge amount of difference, especially if McLaren don’t appeal the spy ruling, which is looking increasingly likely. Crash.net
The fact that McLaren has now withdrawn its Hungary appeal seems to suggest that things are moving in the right direction to make sure that F1 is able to settle all the outstanding issues relating to this case - and perhap even to the question of who drives where in 2008 - without any more scandals spilling out into the media. GrandPrix.com
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