FIA set to clear Michelin teams
(Agencies)
Updated: 2005-07-15 09:06

Seven Michelin-shod teams are to set have their guilty verdicts for bringing the sport into disrepute overturned.

They were found guilty after pulling out of the US Grand Prix, but Formula One's governing body the FIA has recommended the verdicts be dismissed.

The FIA said: "Disciplinary proceedings against the teams had ceased to be appropriate and were no longer in the interest of the sport."

The teams are Renault, McLaren, Toyota, Williams, Red Bull, Sauber and BAR.

They were found guilty of failing to ensure they had suitable tyres and wrongfully refusing to start the race at last month's US Grand Prix.

The Michelin-equipped teams withdrew after the formation lap at Indianapolis because the French company said it could not guarantee the safety of the tyres through the final high-speed banked corner.

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