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

 

Hearing

 

Appeal brought by the Hong Kong Automobile Association (HKAA) on behalf of its license holder, Team Craft Bamboo AMR, against a decision dated 3 July 2014 of the Japan Automobile Federation about a primary decision of the Race Stewards of the Meeting of Autopolis counting towards the 2014 GT Asia Series by which car n°97 (Driver Richard Lyons) was excluded from the results of race two

 

On 1 June 2014, following the announcement of the provisional results of race n°2 of the Autopolis event, the competitor Clearwater Racing Team lodged a protest against the competitor Team Craft Bamboo AMR, car   n°97, on the grounds that this car had contravened the application of the sporting regulations by not respecting a pit lane penalty that was imposed on it and by ignoring the black flag that was subsequently shown to it.

 

On the basis of this protest, the Stewards decided to exclude car n°97 from race n°2 of the competition.

 

The competitor Team Craft Bamboo AMR decided to lodge an appeal before the Japanese National Court of Appeal.

 

On 3 July 2014, the Japanese National Court of Appeal decided to confirm the decision of exclusion of car n°97 from race n°2 of the Competition Competition and to cancel the fine imposed on the Competitor (30,000 ¥) for having carried out "improper pit work" on its car n°97 during race n°2..

 

On 10 July 2014, the Hong Kong Automobile Association (HKAA) on behalf of its licence-holder, Team Craft Bamboo AMR, decided to appeal this decision before the International Court of Appeal

 

When

 

10.00 hrs

Friday, October 17, 2014

 

Where

 

FIA Salle du Comité,

8, place de la Concorde,

75008 Paris

 

Decision

 

The decision will be published as soon as possible after the hearing.

 

Accreditation

 

Requests for accreditation must be sent by email to the FIA Press Office (press@fia.com) on the official letterhead paper of the publication or other medium requesting accreditation, no later than Tuesday, October 14, 2014 at 12.00 noon (CET).

 

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) email address to which the FIA can send an answer.