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Tribunal Arbitral du Sport Court of Arbitration for Sport MEDIA RELEASE For further information related to the CAS activity and procedures in general, please contact either Mr Matthieu Reeb, CAS Secretary General, or Ms Katy Hogg, Communications Officer. Château de Béthusy, Avenue de Beaumont 2, 1012 Lausanne, Switzerland. [email protected]; Tel: (41 21) 613 50 00; fax: (41 21) 613 50 01, or consult the CAS website: www.tas-cas.org FIM MOTOGP CHAMPIONSHIP 2015 VALENTINO ROSSI FILES AN APPEAL AT THE COURT OF ARBITRATION FOR SPORT (CAS) Lausanne, 30 October 2015 Italian MotoGP rider Valentino Rossi has filed an appeal at the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) against the FIM Stewards’ decision to impose 3 penalty points on his record following an incident with another rider during the Shell Malaysia Motorcycle Grand Prix race held on 25 October 2015. The FIM Race Direction found that Mr Rossi deliberately ran wide in order to force the other rider off line, resulting in contact causing the other rider to crash out of the race. For this breach of the FIM Road Racing World Championship Grand Prix Regulations (the FIM Regulations), the FIM Race Direction imposed 3 penalty points on the rider’s record. Mr Rossi immediately appealed such decision to the FIM Stewards who dismissed the appeal and confirmed the penalty imposed by the FIM Race Direction. Since Valentino Rossi already has 1 penalty point from an earlier incident, this decision brings him to a total of 4 penalty points. On the basis of the FIM Regulations, a rider with 4 penalty points must start the next race from last grid position. In his appeal to the CAS, Mr Rossi seeks the annulment of the penalty, or at least a reduction from 3 points to 1. Together with his appeal, Mr Rossi has filed an urgent application to stay the execution of the challenged decision in order not to lose his place on the starting grid at the next, and last, event of the season which will be held in Valencia/Spain on 6-8 November 2015. An arbitration procedure is in progress. A decision on Mr Rossi’s request for a stay is expected to be issued no later than 6 November 2015.

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Tribunal Arbitral du Sport

Court of Arbitration for Sport

MEDIA RELEASE

For further information related to the CAS activity and procedures in general, please contact either Mr Matthieu

Reeb, CAS Secretary General, or Ms Katy Hogg, Communications Officer. Château de Béthusy, Avenue de

Beaumont 2, 1012 Lausanne, Switzerland. [email protected]; Tel: (41 21) 613 50 00; fax: (41 21) 613 50 01,

or consult the CAS website: www.tas-cas.org

FIM MOTOGP CHAMPIONSHIP 2015

VALENTINO ROSSI FILES AN APPEAL AT THE

COURT OF ARBITRATION FOR SPORT (CAS)

Lausanne, 30 October 2015 – Italian MotoGP rider Valentino Rossi has filed an appeal at the Court

of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) against the FIM Stewards’ decision to impose 3 penalty points on his

record following an incident with another rider during the Shell Malaysia Motorcycle Grand Prix race

held on 25 October 2015.

The FIM Race Direction found that Mr Rossi deliberately ran wide in order to force the other rider off

line, resulting in contact causing the other rider to crash out of the race. For this breach of the FIM

Road Racing World Championship Grand Prix Regulations (the FIM Regulations), the FIM Race

Direction imposed 3 penalty points on the rider’s record. Mr Rossi immediately appealed such decision

to the FIM Stewards who dismissed the appeal and confirmed the penalty imposed by the FIM Race

Direction. Since Valentino Rossi already has 1 penalty point from an earlier incident, this decision

brings him to a total of 4 penalty points. On the basis of the FIM Regulations, a rider with 4 penalty

points must start the next race from last grid position.

In his appeal to the CAS, Mr Rossi seeks the annulment of the penalty, or at least a reduction from

3 points to 1. Together with his appeal, Mr Rossi has filed an urgent application to stay the execution

of the challenged decision in order not to lose his place on the starting grid at the next, and last, event

of the season which will be held in Valencia/Spain on 6-8 November 2015.

An arbitration procedure is in progress. A decision on Mr Rossi’s request for a stay is expected to be

issued no later than 6 November 2015.