The following hearing of the International Court of Appeal will take place in Paris:
Case ICA-2019-09: Appeal lodged by Vincenzo Sospiri Racing S.R.L. against Decision No. 5/2019 bis of the “Appeal and Disciplinary Commission” of the Real Federación Española de Automovilismo, issued in Madrid on 5 November 2019 related to Decision No. 8 of the Stewards of Monza counting towards the 2019 International GT Open
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Case ICA-2019-10: Appeal lodged by Vincenzo Sospiri Racing S.R.L. against Decision No. 5/2019 of the “Appeal and Disciplinary Commission” of the Real Federación Española de Automovilismo, issued in Madrid on 5 November 2019 related to Decision No. 9 of the Stewards of Monza counting towards the 2019 International GT Open
After Race 2 of the seventh round of the 2019 International GT Open which took place in Monza on 13 October 2019, the Appellant, Vincenzo Sospiri Racing S.R.L. lodged two protests.
Protest 1: The Appellant represented by Car No. 66 (Drivers Frederick Schandorff and Tuomas Tujula) alleged that SPS Automotive Performance had committed unsporting behaviour by instructing their Car No. 10 (Drivers Miguel Ramos and Fabrizio Crestani) to drive in an unsporting manner to benefit their Car No. 20 (Drivers Valentin Pierburg and Tom Onslow-Cole) to the detriment of Car No. 66. On 13 October 2019, by Decision No. 8, the Stewards, considering that there was no evidence that the Driver of Car No. 10 received any orders to benefit his team mate, rejected Protest 1.
Protest 2: The Appellant represented by Car No. 66 (Drivers Frederick Schandorff and Tuomas Tujula) alleged that SPS Automotive Performance Car No. 10 (Drivers Miguel Ramos and Fabrizio Crestani) had committed unsporting behavior by impeding Car No. 66 several times. On 13 October 2019, by Decision No. 9, the Stewards, considering that Car No. 10 had breached several articles of the Sporting Regulations and the International Sporting Code, decided to impose a “Stop and Go” penalty against Car No. 10 (converted into a 30 second time penalty in addition to its total elapsed time).
On 13 October 2019, Vincenzo Sospiri Racing S.R.L. decided to appeal Decisions No. 8 and 9 before the Appeal and Disciplinary Commission of the Real Federación Española de Automovilismo (RFEdA).
On 5 November 2019, the RFEdA upheld both decisions and on 27 November 2019, Vincenzo Sospiri Racing S.R.L. decided to appeal the decisions taken by the Appeal and Disciplinary Commission of the Real Federación Española de Automovilismo (RFEdA) before the International Court of Appeal.
When
9.00 hrs
Tuesday, 29 January 2020
Where
FIA Salle du Comité,
8, place de la Concorde,
75008 Paris
Decision
We will publish the decision as soon as possible after the hearing.
