No appeal for BAR

BAR will not fight motorsport’s world governing body over their two-race ban, say the team’s co-owners Honda.

The FIA ban followed the discovery that Jenson Button’s car was underweight after the San Marino Grand Prix.

“We felt the punishment was too harsh, but any appeal now would only be bad for the sport,” said Honda spokesman Tatsuya Lida.

BAR had earlier vowed to fight the decision of the FIA’s International Court of Appeal before opting to criticise the severity of the punishment instead.