As I predicted here the battle between Ferrari and McLaren is not over yet. The
trial is reopened again, but this time with Ferrari presenting the evidence.
The excerpt from the letter of Max Mosley, the president of FIA, to the
president of CSAI, Luigi Macaluso, is opening the possibility to any F1 team to
participate:
"Your letter suggests that the outcome may have been different if the Council
had given Ferrari further opportunities to be heard beyond those that were in
fact offered.
Because of this and the importance of public confidence in the outcome, I will
send this matter to the FIA Court of Appeal under Article 23.1 of the FIA
Statutes with a request that the Court hear both Ferrari and McLaren and any
other Championship competitor who so requests and determine whether the
decision of the WMSC was appropriate and, if not, substitute such other
decision as may be just."
I have no idea why he is giving other teams opportunity to be heard on Court,
as far as I know the only involved party beside Ferrari and McLaren, was Honda
and the only thing they do was interviewing Nigel Stepney and Mike Coughlan for
the job position.
In the mean time, the McLaren strikes back with the claim that Ferrari used
illegal car at the beginning of the Championship and that is the reason behind
Ferrari's Australian Grand Prix win. Hot summer indeed!
