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Toyota happy with FIA’s Court of Appeal decision 

Shortly after the FIA International Court of Appeal declared that the rear diffuser on the Toyota TF 109, Brawn GP BGP 001 and Williams FW31 are legal, Toyota Motorsport issued a statement saying that they welcome the FIA verdict, explaining that the team ‘made full use of the consultation procedure with the FIA which was a helpful process to ensure their interpretation of the technical regulations was correct‘.

The Toyota statement read:

Toyota Motorsport is pleased to hear the FIA International Court of Appeal has upheld the decision of the Australian Grand Prix stewards concerning the rear diffuser on our car.

As we have maintained throughout, our team studied the wording of the new 2009 regulations in precise detail to ensure we interpreted them correctly. We also made full use of the consultation procedure with the FIA which was a helpful process to ensure our interpretation of the technical regulations was correct.

Therefore we had every confidence that the design of our car would be confirmed as legal, firstly by race stewards in Australia and Malaysia and subsequently by the Court of Appeal.

Tadashi Yamashina, Toyota Chairman and Team Principal, said: “I was confident the Court of Appeal would reach this verdict and I am satisfied with it. It is important to stress we studied the technical regulations in precise detail, consulting the FIA in our process, and never doubted our car complied with them. This has been a challenging period for Formula 1 and I am pleased this issue is now in the past and we can focus on an exciting season on the track.”