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And more to the point, should it?

This season has had it’s fair share of FIA judgments that have impacted the sport in a negative way, will the fuel irregularity be the last sting in the tail for the 2007 season?

I’m actually glad that Kimi took the title (as it currently stands), he drove well for the second half of the season, and after all the title is well overdue for the ‘Ice Man’. Yes it would have been nice to see the young Brit Hamilton triumph over the more illustrious competition, but it seemed it was not to be.

However both of the BMW’s and the Williams of Nico showed irregularities, the fuel on board the car at the stop’s was deemed to be outside of regulation 6.5.5, where the fuel has to be within 10 degrees C of the ambient track temperature. It seems however that the stewards of the course could not positively say what the ambient temperature actually was.

McLaren will take this to the FIA court of appeal, however McLaren have not got a good record with the court this year, so will they win the appeal? or is this just ’sour grapes’ on the part of the McLaren team?

Of course the appeal court may feel duty bound to let McLaren have a win this year, after dolling out one of the harshest punishments in F1 history.

Personally I think that Kimi should get to keep the title, after all he did win 6 GP’s this year, so deserves it on merit alone. After all Lewis has got plenty of time left in his career to win the title, and the McLaren will be a good car again next year, as the rules are not changing in any large way, and they have a good base to build upon with the MP22.

What do you feel? should the FIA get involved and overturn the stewards decision? Let us know in the comments.