Formula 1 Grande Prêmio do Brasil: 21 October '07 (FINAL RD)
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http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/63567
BMW Sauber and Williams will not be penalised despite discrepancies in their fuel sample temperatures during the Brazilian Grand Prix, the race stewards said.
Fuel samples taken from both cars of both teams during their pitstops in Sunday's race showed temperature degrees outside the permitted variation.
Article 6.5.5 of the Formula One technical regulations states: "No fuel on board the car may be more than ten degrees centigrade below ambient temperature."
FIA technical delegate Jo Bauer said all fuel samples from the four cars showed temperature of 12 to 14 degrees centigrate lower than the ambient temperature at the time.
However, after deliberations at Interlagos, the race stewards decided not to penalise the teams, confirming the race results of the Brazilian Grand Prix as official.
This means Kimi Raikkonen is confirmed as the 2007 world champion. -
McLaren appeal puts title result in doubt
http://www.itv-f1.com/News_Article.aspx?PO_ID=41157
Mclaren are such sore losers...
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they have been ripped of the constructor title and they wud do everything to get the driver's title at least
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seems like alonso is even more sore... towards mclaren and lewis that is
Alonso: Shameful if title won in court -
I think the stewards' explanation will be enough. Williams and BMW were using temperature data provided by Meteo France, which was a few degrees cooler than FOM's readings. There isn't a rule that forbids this, and the teams would have cooled the fuel to a very tight margin in accordance with the former's data.
And as mentioned countless times everywhere, this is not the way for Hamilton to win the title. Though McLaren have the right to appeal, the timing is simply poor. They claimed that they wanted to help the sport move on and preserve it and the team's credibility when they did not appeal against their disqualification; now they're doing the exact opposite! -
Originally posted by SBS9828X:Erm not win by 14? i saw the calculation on TV??
Actually, they're right too as I kept McLaren disqualified from the Hungarian GP.Originally posted by Kuali Baba:Nope, I've double-checked my points board. -
http://www.grandprixmagazine.com/f1/F1-_McLaren_appeal_set_for_November_15.shtml
(GMM) An appeal lodged by McLaren that could alter the outcome of the 2007 drivers' championship will be heard by the Court of Appeal on November 15.
Ferrari's Kimi Raikkonen was crowned at Interlagos last Sunday, but if three cars had been excluded by stewards for allegedly using illegally cold fuel, Lewis Hamilton would have scored enough points to beat the Finn.
McLaren is appealing the stewards' decision to not penalise both Williams and BMW-Sauber cars even though scrutineers identified a discrepancy.
FIA president Max Mosley, however, is downplaying the possibility of Hamilton being handed the title on appeal.
"You could argue whether McLaren had a right to appeal the stewards' judgment," he is quoted as saying by the British broadsheet newspaper The Guardian.
"They could have protested the result of the race but they didn't. But even if the cars classified ahead of Hamilton would be excluded, would this change his position?
"The court of appeal will have to rule on that," Mosley added. -
I forgot about the final classification (pending next week's hearing):
Brazilian Grand Prix result, Interlagos, 71 laps
1. RAIKKONEN Ferrari 1h28m15.270s
2. MASSA Ferrari +1.5s
3. ALONSO McLaren +57.0s
4. ROSBERG Williams +62.8s
5. KUBICA BMW +71.0s
6. HEIDFELD BMW +71.3s
7. HAMILTON McLaren +1 lap
8. TRULLI Toyota +1 lap
9. COULTHARD Red Bull +1 lap
10. NAKAJIMA Williams +1 lap
11. SCHUMACHER Toyota +1 lap
12. SATO Super Aguri +2 laps
13. LIUZZI Toro Rosso +2 laps
14. DAVIDSON Super Aguri +3 laps
R. SUTIL Spyker +28 laps
R. BARRICHELLO Honda +31 laps
R. KOVALAINEN Renault +36 laps
R. VETTEL Toro Rosso +37 laps
R. BUTTON Honda +51 laps
R. WEBBER Red Bull +57 laps
R. YAMAMOTO Spyker +69 laps
R. FISICHELLA Renault +69 laps -
Rosberg, Kubica and Heidfeld retain their positions, and Kimi Räikkönen remains world champion.
http://www.itv-f1.com/News_Article.aspx?PO_ID=41307