FIA to hear Jordan appeal today.
Jordan Grand Prix and British American Racing will have to wait until tomorrow afternoon to find out who will finish the 2001 season as the top Honda powered team.
Jordan Grand Prix is appealing following Jarno Trulli's disqualification from fourth place in the United States GP. If Trulli is reinstated and the team is given back the three points then Jordan will end the year fifth in the Constructors' Championship demoting BAR to sixth.
Jordan Grand Prix and British American Racing will have to wait until tomorrow afternoon to find out who will finish the 2001 season as the top Honda powered team.
Jordan Grand Prix is appealing following Jarno Trulli's disqualification from fourth place in the United States GP. If Trulli is reinstated and the team is given back the three points then Jordan will end the year fifth in the Constructors' Championship demoting BAR to sixth.
BAR currently hold fifth despite the fact the two team's have equal points - 17 points - due to Jacques Villeneuve's two podium finishes - one at the Spanish GP and the other at Hockenheim, Germany.
The FIA have today released the following statement:
"The International Court of Appeal met today at 8.30 am in Paris to hear the appeal introduced by the Royal Irish Automobile Club on behalf of its licence holder Jordan Grand Prix against Stewards' decision no. 31 of the United States Grand Prix (exclusion of car no. 11 - Jarno Trulli - for non-conformity of skid block dimensions)."
"The judges are Mr. Jan van Rosmalen (Holland), elected Chairman, and Messrs. Vassilis Koussis (Greece) and Philippe Roberti de Winghe (Belgium). The hearing started at 9.00 am. The decision will be announced tomorrow, 27th October, in the afternoon."
