Paris, Aug 06: The Formula One team of Williams will have their appeal against the decision to penalise Ralf Schumacher for his part in a first-corner pile-up at the German Grand Prix heard on 19 August in Paris. The Formula One team have asked the Court of Appeal of the sport's governing body, the FIA, to review the incident on the grounds that they and Schumacher do not believe he was exclusively to be blamed for the crash.

Williams hope to overturn a decision that will see Schumacher demoted 10 positions down the grid from his qualifying position at the next race in Hungary. The court will announce its verdict on 20 August.
Schumacher, 28, admitted to the stewards that he had paid no attention to the position of other drivers as they raced from the start. But Schumacher has expressed his surprise at being blamed for the incident that led to six cars retiring from the race, including his own. "It's very disappointing but incidents do happen when there are so many people around," said Schumacher. "I don't think I moved too far to the left, I was just trying to defend my position."
McLaren boss Ron Dennis has described the crash a "racing incident", in which no single driver was to blame. But Ferrari driver Rubens Barrichello, who was sandwiched between Schumacher and McLaren driver Kimi Raikkonen in the accident, believes both the German and the Finn took too many risks.
Bureau Report