Suspended three race ban for McLaren

The FIA’s World Motor Sport Council has handed McLaren a three race ban for bringing the sport into disrepute after they were found to have misled race stewards at March’s Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne.

FIA 的 WMSC 會議宣佈麥拉倫車隊將受到禁賽三場的處罰，因為在三月的墨爾本澳洲站，車隊被發現欺瞞賽事裁判小組，讓這項運動遭受不名譽的損失。

The ban will be suspended, however, in light of the ‘open and honest way’ in which team principal Martin Whitmarsh addressed the Council on Wednesday, and will only be applied if further evidence emerges, or there is another breach of the International Sporting Code.

這項逞罰將會有緩刑，按照"公平和公正原則"車隊經理Martin Whitmarsh 在週三向議會發表意見，並且只會在之後如果有其他證據出現，或是有其他違反國際運動法規後才會執行處罰。

Accepting the decision, Whitmarsh commented: "I would like to thank the FIA World Motor Sport Council members for affording me the opportunity to answer their questions this morning. We are aware that we made serious mistakes in Australia and Malaysia, and I was therefore very glad to be able to apologise for those mistakes once again. 

接受這個判決後，Martin Whitmarsh  評論說"我要對 FIA WMSC 的成員表示感謝，因為他們給我機會在今天早上回應他們的問題。我們知道我們在澳洲和馬來西亞犯了一系列的錯誤，我很高興能夠為這些錯誤再次的道歉"。

“I was also pleased to be able to assure the FIA World Motor Sport Council members that we had taken appropriate action with a view to ensuring that such mistakes do not occur again."

"我非常高興可以向FIA WMSC 成員擔保我們已經採取了適當行動讓這些錯誤不會再發生"。

The full statement from the FIA:

FIA的完整聲明:

At an extraordinary meeting of the World Motor Sport Council held in Paris on 29 April 2009, Vodafone McLaren Mercedes admitted five charges of breaching article 151c of the International Sporting Code relating to events at the Australian and Malaysian Grands Prix.

在2009年四月29號WMSC會議在巴黎特別舉行，在澳洲和馬來西亞站，麥拉倫車隊被認為有五項指控違反國際運動規則151C條文。

The following decision was taken:

以下的決議將被執行:

“Having regard to the open and honest way in which McLaren Team Principal, Mr Martin Whitmarsh, addressed the WMSC and the change in culture which he made clear has taken place in his organisation, the WMSC decided to suspend the application of the penalty it deems appropriate. 

"基於公平公開原則，麥拉倫車隊經理Martin Whitmarsh 向WMSC發表演說，並且他做出的改變已經對車隊的文化產生影響，WMSC決定適當的延緩逞罰的執行"。

“That penalty is a suspension of the team from three races of the FIA Formula One World Championship. This will only be applied if further facts emerge regarding the case or if, in the next 12 months, there is a further breach by the team of article 151c of the International Sporting Code.”

"處罰是在FIA 一級方程式錦標賽中禁賽三場，如果之後有相關的證據再出現或是之後的12個月車隊再次違反151C規則，那麼這項處罰將被執行"。

The full reasons for this decision will be issued shortly.

這項判決的相關討論將很快公佈。