Hamilton readies for appeal

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McLaren are looking to overturn the retrospective 25-second penalty handed to Hamilton after the Belgian Grand Prix that resulted in him being demoted from race winner to third.

And they have now taken the decision that Hamilton will put forward his case in front of the four appeal judges at the FIA's headquarters on the Place de la Concorde in Paris as opposed to having him write a sworn statement to present to the court.

Hamilton will be joined by McLaren F1 CEO Martin Whitmarsh, his race engineer Phil Prew, the team's director of legal affairs Tim Murnane, with London law firm Baker McKenzie their representatives.

The controversial incident ensued when the stewards charged Hamilton with cutting the Bus Stop chicane on lap 42 of the 44-lap race in Belgium, so gaining an advantage on leader at the time in Ferrari's Kimi Raikkonen.

Hamilton promptly handed the lead back to Raikkonen, only to then slipstream the Finn into the following La Source hairpin and claim top spot.

Raikkonen proceeded to crash out on the penultimate lap, ensuring Hamilton of victory that was later awarded to title rival Felipe Massa.

At this stage Hamilton has a one-point lead, that could stretch to seven if McLaren's appeal is initially ruled as admissible and the judges then decide to overturn the eventual race result.