Upaya banding Valentino Rossi untuk membatalkan atau menunda eksekusi penalti berupa start paling belakang di GP Valencia ditolak CAS (Court of Arbitration for Sport).
Dilansir MotoGP.com, penolakan ini menegaskan posisi Valentino Rossi saat memulai lomba di seri terakhir MotoGP di Valencia, Spanyol, Minggu (8/11/2015).
Diketahui, Rossi mendapat hukuman lantaran insiden yang melibatkan pebalap Repsol Honda, Marc Marquez di tikungan ke-14 di Sirkuit Sepang, Malaysia.
Dalam putusannya, CAS mengenyampingkan efek atas keputusan terhadap hasil akhir kejuaraan.
Saat ini Rossi masih memimpin 7 poin dari rival sekaligus rekan setimnya di Yamaha Movistar, Jorge Lorenzo.
Start di posisi paling belakang membuat peluang Valentino Rossi menipis untuk menjadi juara dunia tahun ini.
Adapun seri terkahir akan dimulai Jumat (6/11/2015) hingga dimulainya lomba pada Minggu (8/11/2015).
Berikut kutipan penolakan CAS terhadap banding Valentino Rossi seperti diambil dari MotoGP,com:
The CAS dismisses request by Valentino Rossi for stay of execution of FIM Stewards’ decision.
On 4 November 2015, a preliminary hearing was held at the headquarters of the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) in Lausanne in the matter Valentino Rossi v. the Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme.
The FIM was represented by its Legal Director, Mr Richard Perret.
Following the hearing, the CAS issued an Order dismissing the application for a stay filed by Mr Rossi concerning the decision rendered on 25 October 2015 by the FIM Stewards.
The CAS ruling on the request for stay of execution does not prejudge the final award on the merits of the case.
In appealing to the CAS against the decision of the FIM Stewards, Mr Rossi seeks annulment or modification of the FIM Stewards’ decision taken at the Shell Malaysia Motorcycle Grand Prix in Sepang, in which the FIM Stewards confirmed the 3 penalty points awarded by the Race Direction to Mr Rossi following an incident on Turn 14.
The FIM takes note of the ruling of the CAS.
As a consequence of this ruling, at the Gran Premi de la Comunitat Valenciana, last race of the FIM World Championship Grand Prix, Mr Rossi will start from the last position on the Grid.
