Rossi Appeals To Court of Arbitration for Sport
- Oct 30, 2015
- 2 min read
In another twist to the Sepang Clash, Valentino Rossi has filed an appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport against the FIM and Race Direction to have his penalty for causing a collision with Marc Marquez in the Malaysian Grand Prix reduced.
Rossi was handed three penalty points after he deliberately ran Marquez out of road at turn fourteen on lap seven of the Malaysian Grand Prix, resulting in the Spaniard's retirement from the race. These, in addition to an outstanding penalty point, results in the Italian starting from the back of the grid in Valencia.
An FIM statement read: “On the basis of Article 3.4.2, para 3 of the FIM Road Racing World Championship Grand Prix Regulations, Mr Valentino Rossi has filed an Appeal against the decision taken by the Race Direction and the Shell Malaysia Motorcycle Grand Prix in Sepang, penultimate round of the FIM MotoGP Grand Prix World Championship, and confirmed by the FIM Stewards, to award 3 penalty points to Mr Rossi following an incident on Turn 14.
In appealing to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), Mr Rossi seeks the annulment or reduction of the penalty. He further requests stay of execution of the decision in accordance with Article R37 of the Code of Sports-Related Arbitration.
The FIM will not comment any further at this time.”
Cases like this can take up to twelve months to be heard, with the possibility of short-notice hearings being had to suspend any penalty temporarily. Theoretically, should Rossi's penalty be suspended, and his case takes a year to be heard, and he chooses to retire at the end of 2016, he may never have this grid drop applied.
A decision on whether CAS grants the stay of execution on Rossi's three penalty points or not will be made no later than November 6th – qualifying day for the Valencia Grand Prix.
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