Chevrolet have withdrawn the appeal made against the decision to exclude Alain Menu from the results of the second Macau race. Alain Menu was excluded as post-race scrutineering revealed that there was only one litre of fuel left in the Chevrolet’s fuel tank, as opposed to the mandatory three litres.

“We admit that the car did not comply with the technical regulations,” said Team Manager, Mark Busfield, “however, this was as a result of accident damage sustained in the first race.”

“When Alain hit the Armco in the first race, the shock dislocated the electrical contact with the potentiometer, which activated the safe-mode of the electronics box which in turn allowed for a richer air-fuel mixture in order to cool the second Lambda. This then caused the higher fuel consumption, with the results we know,” Chevrolet Europe’s Motorsport Manager, Eric Nève explained.

“We understand the difficulties that the stewards have, as there aren’t any specific rules to deal with cars that don’t comply with technical regulations as a result of accident damage,” Busfield continued. “We will be making representations to the relevant FIA working group to try asking them to review the regulations to enable genuine cases of accident damage to be taken into consideration in the future.”

“Despite this incident, I think we have shown our potential, which has steadily grown over the season. In order to continue to show this form we will embark on a stringent winter test schedule,” Nève concluded. “I would also like to take this opportunity to congratulate Andy Priaulx and BMW on their World Titles, as well as Augusto Farfus on his third place in the second Macau race.”