The following hearing of the International Court of Appeal will take place in Paris:

Hearing

Appeal lodged by the Automobile Club d’Italia/Commissione Sportiva Automobilistica Italiana (ACI/CSAI) on behalf of its licence-holder GPC Sport against a decision of the Spanish National Court of Appeal dated 28 November 2007 relating to the event run at Jerez (Spain) on 27-28 October 2007 and counting towards the 2007 Spanish GT Championship.

On 28 October 2007, the Stewards of the Meeting decided to impose a 25-second penalty on car N°5, competitor RSV Motorsport (drivers Peter Sundberg and Domingo Romero) for having overtaken another competitor while a yellow flag restriction was in place.

The competitor RSV Motorsport decided to appeal this decision to the Spanish National Court of Appeal.

At its hearing on 28 November 2007, the Spanish National Court of Appeal quashed the decision of the Stewards.

The competitor GPC Sport decided to appeal the decision of the Spanish National Court of Appeal to the International Court of Appeal.

When

10.00 hrs
Thursday, January 31, 2008

Where

FIA Salle du Comité,
8, place de la Concorde,
75008 Paris

Decision

The decision is expected on Friday, February 1, 2008, in the afternoon.

Accreditation

Requests for accreditation must be sent by fax to the FIA Press Office (+33 1 43 12 58 18) on the official letterhead paper of the publication or other medium requesting accreditation.

The accreditation request must be signed by the Chief Editor or the Head of a Department (specify which) of the relevant publication, or medium.

The accreditation request must include the following:

i) the hearing and the date for which the accreditation is requested;
ii) name of the journalist and photocopy of his professional press card (currently valid);
iii) fax number to which the FIA can send an answer.