The FIA's International Court of Appeal will hear the appeal from the FIA Sports Council verdict on the ongoing spy case on September 13.

The council had unanimously found McLaren guilty of possessing confidential Ferrari information but imposed no penalty because of insufficient evidence that the material was used in McLaren's cars.

"The International Court of Appeal (ICA) will meet in Paris on Thursday September 13, 2007 to hear a referral by the President of the FIA concerning a decision of the World Motor Sport Council regarding a breach by the Vodafone McLaren Mercedes team of Article 151(c) of the International Sporting Code.

“The referral was made by the FIA President under the terms of Article 23(1) of the FIA Statutes and Article 1 of the ICA Rules and Procedure.

“In the interests of transparency the hearing will be open to members of the press and details of the accreditation procedure will be published closer to the time.

“All of the teams competing in the 2007 FIA Formula One World Championship have been given the opportunity to make written submissions to the ICA and have been invited to attend the hearing to supplement their submissions with oral presentations," the FIA said.


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