INTERNATIONAL COURT OF APPEAL - Hearing September 15, 2025

Sport news Hearing Case ICA-2025-02: Appeal lodged by Prema Racing S.r.l. against Decision No. 247 dated 8 June 2025 of  the Stewards  of  the  event  of  Viterbo  (Italy),  counting  towards  the  2025  OK-Junior European Championship Mondokart.com On 8 June 2025, on the first lap of the Super Heat A of the FIA Karting European Championship – OK Junior in Viterbo, a contact occurred between Driver No. 202, Noah Baglin (Prema Racing) and Driver No. 203, Bosco Arias (Ricky Flynn Motorsport). Both drivers were forced off track following wheel-to-wheel contact in the approach to Turn 1, an incident which was deemed a typical racing occurrence and not reported to the Stewards. Upon exiting his kart, Driver No. 202 reacted by first clapping his hands in the direction of Driver No. 203, then he raised his middle finger up in the air. The Stewards subsequently decided to disqualify Driver No. 202 and remove five points on his Digital Licence, finding that his behaviour [“Unsportsmanlike manner towards another driver” (“obscene hand signals”)] constituted a misconduct under Article 12.2.1.l of the FIA International Sporting Code. On 12 June 2025, the Appellant lodged an appeal against the Stewards’ Decision before the ICA. When 15:00 hrs Monday, 15 September 2025 Where FIA – 8 place de la Concorde – 75008 Paris (Salle du Comité, 5th floor). Decision The decision will be published as soon as possible after the hearing. Accreditation Requests for accreditation must be sent by email to the FIA Press Office ( sgomez@fia.com ) on the official letterhead paper of the publication or other medium requesting accreditation, no later than Thursday 11 September 2025 at noon (French time). The accreditation request must be signed by the Chief Editor or the Head of a Department (specify which) of the relevant publication, or medium. The accreditation request must include the following: i) the hearing and the date for which the accreditation is requested; ii) name of the journalist and photocopy of their professional press card (currently valid); iii) email address to which the FIA can send an answer.     FIA Karting European Championship - Junior Karting International Court of Appeal SEASON 2025 Sport Circuit 1SportFIA Karting European Championship - JuniorCircuitInternational Court of AppealSEASON 2025Karting00 Tuesday, September 9, 2025 - 10:13am Tuesday, September 9, 2025 - 10:13am