International Court of Appeal – Double Decker Diffusers Legal

This is the official statement from the FIA as it appears on their website

International Court of Appeal – Decision
15/04/2009

The FIA International Court of Appeal has decided to deny the appeals submitted against decisions numbered 16 to 24 taken by the Panel of the Stewards on 26 March at the 2009 Grand Prix of Australia and counting towards the 2009 FIA Formula One World Championship.

Based on the arguments heard and evidence before it, the Court has concluded that the Stewards were correct to find that the cars in question comply with the applicable regulations.

Full reasons for this decision will be provided in due course.

Now with this decisions it will be up to all other teams to come up with their own diffuser designs as quickly as possible. I will follow up with reactions and what this means for BMW Sauber as information is available.