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McLaren awaits full FIA transcript

The FIA International Court of Appeal today rejected as inadmissible McLaren Mercedes' appeal against the FIA stewards' decision in respect of fuel irregularities at the 2007 Brazilian Grand Prix.

Despite the fact that the FIA's steward, Tony Scott Andrews, accepted McLaren's appeal when it was presented to him after the race in the Interlagos paddock, the FIA International Court of Appeal has decided that the appeal was not admissible. This was despite the stewards making the official results subject to our appeal.

"In the interests of rule clarification and rule consistency we lodged our appeal," said McLaren's F1 operations chief Martin Whitmarsh. "We have not yet seen the text of the FIA International Court of Appeal decision and hope that clarification is provided."

"It's important to stress that the FIA stewards' inquiry at the Brazilian Grand Prix was not triggered by any action from McLaren, but by a report written and made public by the FIA technical delegate, which drew the FIA stewards' attention to what we regarded as a clear regulation breach on the part of BMW-Sauber and Williams," he added. "Our appeal was merely a logical and procedural step in the process begun by the FIA technical delegate's written report. We hope that this fuel temperature issue does not remain unresolved in Formula 1 next year but we look forward to working with the FIA and the teams on clarifying matters to avoid a similar situation occurring again."

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