McLaren facing FIA hearing

McLaren bosses have been summoned by world motorsport’s governing body, the FIA, to account for their actions in the ongoing ’spy’ scandal.

Representatives of the team are to appear before an extraordinary meeting of the FIA World Motor Sport Council in Paris on Thursday, July 26.

Following an ongoing investigation by the FIA, McLaren “have been called to answer a charge…in breach of Article 151c of the International Sporting Code”.

The relevant rule relates to “any fraudulent conduct, or any act prejudicial to the interests of any competition, or to the interests of motor sport generally”.