The FIA International Court of Appeal has announced today that it has found Vodafone McLaren Mercedes’ appeal in respect of the penalty awarded to Lewis Hamilton after the Belgian Grand Prix on September 7th to be inadmissible.

Statements from McLaren Mercedes

FEDERATION INTERNATIONALE DE L’AUTOMOBILE CASE:

Appeal lodged by the Motor Sports Association (MSA) on behalf of its licence-holder Vodafone McLaren Mercedes, against Decision N° 49 taken by the Panel of Stewards on 7 September 2008 at the 2008 Belgian Grand Prix, an event run on 7 September 2008 and counting towards the 2008 Formula One World Championship

Lewis Hamilton will find out on Tuesday morning whether the FIA will overturn his 25-second penalty for cutting a chicane during his duel with Kimi Raikkonen in the Belgian Grand Prix.

McLaren’s appeal against the ruling, on the grounds that Hamilton yielded to Raikkonen and did not gain an advantage, was heard before the FIA’s Court of Appeal in Paris on Monday.

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One year on from the trauma and intrigue of ’spygate’, McLaren’s Ron Dennis will find himself before motorsport’s supreme governing body, the FIA, once again next week as he and his team attempt to vindicate Lewis Hamilton of wrong doing in the Belgian Grand Prix.

Ron Dennis has confirmed that Lewis Hamilton will attend the International Court of Appeal in Paris on 22nd September where the team are appealing against the retrospective 25 second penalty which was given to the driver at the Belgian Grand Prix last weekend.

McLaren’s conversation with race control put lives at risk, asserts Mosley.

FIA President Max Mosley has criticised the way Lewis Hamilton’s controversial pass on Kimi Raikkonen in Belgium was handled, hitting out at McLaren for seeking approval from race control during the incident.

FIA said Hamilton’s pass was ‘okay’ - twice

McLaren were twice told by race control that Lewis Hamilton’s controversial pass on Kimi Raikkonen in Sunday’s Belgian Grand Prix was ‘okay’.

Hamilton was stripped of his Belgian GP win after stewards dealt him a 25-second time penalty for cutting a chicane during his battle with Kimi Raikkonen in the closing laps.

Doubt has been thrown over whether McLaren can appeal Lewis Hamilton’s retrospective drive-through penalty at the Belgian Grand Prix last weekend.

Lewis Hamilton has blasted the FIA’s decision to penalise him for cutting a chicane during a thrilling battle with Kimi Raikkonen in the closing stages of Sunday’s Belgian Grand Prix.

Championship leader trades blows with Kimi en-route to a stunning Belgian GP win – and then feels the wrath of the stewards.