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

Hearing

Appeal brought by M-Sport Ford World Rally Team against the Stewarts’ decision No. 7 dated 11 March 2018, taken within the framework of the Rally of Mexico counting towards the 2018 FIA World Rally Championship

On 11 March 2018, on the basis of a report from the Clerk of the Course which stated that Car No 1 did not go around the chicane elements as shown in the Road Book at box 18 on SS22, the Stewards decided to impose a 10-second time penalty on the crew (Sébastien Ogier/Julien Ingrassia) added to the time of SS 22/Power Stage, in application of Article 13.3.4 of the Championship Sporting Regulations (Attribution of “Power Stage” points.

On 15 March 2018, M-Sport Ford World Rally Team decided to appeal the decision No. 7 taken by the Stewards during the Rally of Mexico.

When

9.30 hrs
Friday, 4 May 2018

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 Thursday 26 April 2018 at 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.