From GMM
Following the
Grand Prix of Belgium,
team McLaren has eight days to officially lodge its
appeal against the Lewis Hamilton penalty decision with the governing
FIA, the German news agency
SID reported on Monday.
The news was confirmed by a spokeswoman of the Paris based body.
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Raikkonen and Hamilton spinning in unison. |
Team McLaren already announced its intention to appeal the 25-second penalty hours after the Belgian grand prix on Sunday, and the news was confirmed in the form of another team statement early on Monday.
The
FIA's International Court of Appeal would then hear the appeal.
But it is suggested that the court's first task might be to assess whether the case is even admissible, because the Hamilton penalty was actually issued as a "drive through" that was unable to be served in the normal way because the incident occurred so late in the race.
Drive-through penalties cannot be appealed.
Referring to
McLaren's appeal, an FIA official confirmed to the British newspaper
The Times that he was "not sure if it would be admissible".
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