Hamilton Appeal Denied...

[Cloverleaf146]

No surprise there then.......

[Alfa Vincent]

that is just wrong

[AlfaJack]

Do you really know? All sites seem say verdict still waiting.....

[Damien_C]

Thankfully

[BigFoot]

Best to keep the discussion on this topic here please: http://www.alfaowner.com/Forum/inter...ed-to-3rd.html (Hamilton demoted to 3rd)

[nomad]

Why

This is another part of that situation... that thread discussed the incident... this one will be discussing the outcome of the appeal

[Cloverleaf146]

Originally Posted by nomad

Why

This is another part of that situation... that thread discussed the incident... this one will be discussing the outcome of the appeal

What he said.

[nomad]

This is on Crash.net:

Lewis Hamilton has failed in his bid to see the penalty that cost him victory in the Belgian Grand Prix at Spa-Francorchamps overturned – after then FIA today ruled his and McLaren-Mercedes' appeal ‘inadmissible'.

Following yesterday's hearing in Paris, an official FIA statement read:

‘At the Grand Prix of Belgium, run on 7 September 2008, and counting towards the 2008 FIA Formula One World Championship, the stewards of the meeting imposed a drive-through penalty upon the driver of car No. 22, Lewis Hamilton, for a breach of Article 30.3 (a) of the 2008 FIA Formula One Sporting Regulations and Appendix L, Chapter 4, Article 2 (g) of the International Sporting Code.

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‘As the drive-through penalty was imposed at the end of the race, 25 seconds were added to the driver's elapsed race time in accordance with Article 16.3 of the FIA 2008 Formula One Sporting Regulations.

‘Article 152 of the International Sporting Code states that drive-through penalties are ‘not susceptible to appeal'.

‘The competitor Vodafone McLaren Mercedes appealed the Steward's decision before the International Court of Appeal in a hearing in Paris on September 22nd.

‘Having heard the explanations of the parties the Court has concluded that the appeal is inadmissible.

‘The International Court of Appeal was presided over by Mr Philippe NARMINO (Monaco), elected President, and composed of Mr Xavier CONESA (Spain), Mr Harry DUIJM (Netherlands), Mr Thierry JULLIARD (Switzerland) and Mr Erich SEDELMAYER (Austria).'

The outcome means Hamilton travels to the inaugural Singapore Grand Prix this weekend with just a slender one-point lead over Ferrari rival Felipe Massa in the F1 title standings, with 40 points remaining to play for over the final four races of the campaign.

[BigFoot]

Keeping the place tidy. If you want to post here, go ahead.


Appeal got rejected anyway

[PC7671]

Much as expected. The best way to keep the waters muddied. No president set and the stewards can continue to apply sanctions as and when it suits them.

Good old F1.

[barryrs]

Must have been the Ferrari lawyers present defending the FIA's decision that did it.

F1 is just too bizarre

[bazza]

So basically used their get-out clause to remove the need to make a decision at all. Well done FIA and picking the route which lessens your credibility yet further.

BTW Biggie - stop trying to get everyone to post in the thread I can't access!

[Gibbo]

bazza, the gibbo link in your signature doesn't work anymore

[bazza]

Oh no

I'll try to find a suitable replacement tonight.

[Squadrone Rosso]

Excellent

[toby2449]

yes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[chrisd_b]

I dunno - is it cos he's black

[Gibbo]

Originally Posted by bazza

Oh no

I'll try to find a suitable replacement tonight.

[156Chris]

Originally Posted by chrisd_b

I dunno - is it cos he's black

No it's because the others is Red!!!

[OperationAlfa]

Originally Posted by Gibbo

bazza, the gibbo link in your signature doesn't work anymore

I spotted that too earlier today lol... I was going to complain and start a thread about it. It made me want to leave the site.

[nomad]

Originally Posted by OperationAlfa

I spotted that too earlier today lol... I was going to complain and start a thread about it. It made me want to leave the site.

Leave it

























You Master baiter

[chrisd_b]

Originally Posted by 156Chris

No it's because the others is Red!!!

You can not be serious

[156Chris]

Originally Posted by chrisd_b

You can not be serious

Never ... can you???

[chrisd_b]

But is there a bit of a closed shop mentality going on ??

[156Chris]

Everyone knows that the FIA are completely corrupt, there is such a huge amount of money flowing round formula 1 and no legislation apart from there own rules that they make up on the fly, that it is an easy thing to happen ... basically the FIA are a monopoly that need to sort them self out other wise I can see Formula 1 just being a procession of red cars, given that all the other teams will just leave ...