McLaren invited to attend the hearingThe espionage saga involving McLaren and Ferrari took a fresh turn on Wednesday.
F1's governing body revealed in a statement that it has received 'new evidence' and had therefore decided to convene another hearing of the World
Motor Sport Council in Paris.
The meeting will happen on September 13th, in the place of an appeal of the original July 26th decision to not penalise Ron Dennis' Woking based team for spying on its Italian rivals.
"The FIA President's referral of the matter to the International Court of Appeal has been withdrawn," the FIA said in a statement on Wednesday.
The governing body also said McLaren representatives had been invited to attend the new meeting, but made no mention of Ferrari.
Due to 'insufficient evidence' in July, the World Motor Sport Council found Woking based McLaren guilty of breaching the International Sporting Code but could not prove that the confidential Ferrari data had been improperly used.
The FIA also said in July that the team faced exclusion from the 2007 and 2008 championships if it is 'found in the future that the Ferrari information has been used.
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FIA Statement
"Following the receipt of new evidence the World Motor Sport Council has been reconvened for a hearing in Paris on September 13th.
"In accordance with its decision of July 26th representatives of Vodafone McLaren Mercedes have been invited to attend the hearing.
"The FIA President’s referral of the matter to the International Court of Appeal has been withdrawn."
McLaren Mercedes Statement
"McLaren Racing has been made aware that new evidence has been presented to the FIA as part of their on-going investigation.
"As a result we have been informed that the Court of Appeal Hearing scheduled for the 13th September in Paris will now comprise a meeting of the WMSC.
"McLaren will continue to co-operate fully with the FIA."
Source GMM-FIA-McLaren
