• McLaren appeal fuels F1 championship doubt
• Brazilian GP contract extended to 2014
• Spyker F1 team to be renamed
• Welsh circuit aims for green first
• MotoGP spec tyre plan abandoned
• Silverstone loses WSBK round
• California to sue EPA on GWG gas legislation

The FIA, the governing body of international motorsport, has confirmed that is has received a formal appeal from the Woking, UK based McLaren-Mercedes Formula One team against a decision taken by the race stewards at last weekend’s F1 Brazilian Grand Prix not to penalise cars from teams for irregularities in their fuel.

McLaren lodged its appeal after the Brazilian race when it was revealed the fuel samples taken from BMW Sauber cars and Williams-Toyotas were outside temperature limits and which can affect car performance.

If the McLaren appeal is upheld and the BMW Sauber and Williams cars are excluded from the result, McLaren driver Lewis Hamilton could move up to fourth place and thus score enough points to win the drivers championship.

The FIA issue a statement that read, "The FIA has been informed by the Secretariat of the International Court of Appeal that they have received a Notification of Appeal from the UK National Sporting Authority (RAC MSA) on behalf of Vodafone McLaren Mercedes.

"The Vodafone McLaren Mercedes appeal is against the decision of the stewards of the 2007 Brazilian Grand Prix, made at 21.35 hrs on October 21st 2007 (document number 41), that it was inappropriate to impose a penalty on cars 9, 10, 16 and 17."

The organisers of the Formula One Brazilian Grand Prix have reached a new agreement with F1 impresario Bernie Ecclestone that will extend their contract for staging the race at the Interlagos circuit in Sao Paulo until 2014.

The new agreement, contingent on work being carried out to improve paddock facilities and the building of a new grandstand, is expected to be officially signed within the next few weeks.

The Silverstone, UK based Spyker Formula One looks set to be renamed after its purchase by a consortium led by Indian businessman Vijay Mallya.

If the change is approved by the FIA the team will be renamed as Force India. Vijay Mallya said, "Having an Indian-owned Formula One team on the grid was something that was considered completely out of reach before...this reflects the new India and new ecomomic prosperity."

The Anglesey race circuit at T Croes that was officially launched this week by Wales Deputy First Minister Ieuan Wyn Jones aims to be the UK’s first green motorsport facility.

The £5 million Trac Project, which received £1.4m of European Union Objective One fundinghas been designed to minimise its environmental impact.

George Meyrick, a director of Trac Môn, the circuit’s owners said, “One of the principal drivers with regards to the reconfiguration of the circuit was the need to deliver noise reduction.

“The new track configuration was designed to ensure the noisiest parts were taken out and that the new configuration guarantees delivery of agreed noise limits.”

“The circuit is a biodiversity hotspot. It incorporates the T Croes Site of Special Scientific Interest and we have taken steps to reduce our emissions of greenhouse gases by being the first motor racing circuit in the UK to install a renewable energy device – a 6KW wind turbine located in the paddock.

“We aspire to become the home of UK green motorsport, and are the first circuit to commit to the UK government’s Energy Efficiency Motorsport programme.”

Dorna, the organisers of the MotoGP world motorcycle racing championship, have abandoned proposals to introduce a single tyre supplier for the series.

When the idea of a single tyre supplier was suggested at last month’s Japanese Grand Prix it met with opposition from both the Bridgestone and Michelin tyre companies which currently supply the MotoGP teams.

The UK’s Silverstone race circuit has been dropped from the provisional calendar for the 2008 World Superbike Championship.

In addition to the races at Silverstone, those at Monza, Italy and Lausitz, Germany have also been removed and have been replaced by new events Miller Motorsport Park in the USA and Portimao in Portugal.

The UK Brands Hatch and Donington Park circuits have retained their rounds of the championship. Two dates on the 15-round 2008 schedule currently remain unfilled.

A report on Monday not confirmed by the State of California’s website said the state was preparing to file a lawsuit against the federal Environmental Protection Agency next week, demanding the right to set its own limits on vehicle emissions that are stricter than federal CAFE standards. The report from Reuters quoted a spokesman from California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger’s office.

California passed state laws governing vehicles’ greenhouse gas emissions in 2005, and requested a waiver from federal legislation to enact them. The EPA said earlier this month that it expected to make a decision on California's request by the end of 2007. California has already sued vehicle manufacturers – unsuccessfully – for damages alleged to have been caused by their products’ greenhouse gas emissions.