Haas decides not to appeal his protest against Force India

Haas claimed that the new Force India team, accepted by the FIA ​​at the Belgian Grand Prix after the entrance of the old team in the audience room, has no definition from the factory because it uses the design of a different company and team.

Observers rejected the protest, noting that the new Force India team was legal and allowed to use a car designed by the former team.

In response, Haas expressed its intention to appeal this decision, giving it 96 hours to make a final decision as to whether to pursue it.

The United States has now chosen not to abide by this resolution.

Although the event focused on a sporting issue, the essence of the issue was a previous conflict over whether the new Force India team was eligible for the awards this season.

Haas does not believe that the team should be allowed to qualify immediately for the "first column" of the cash prize, forcing the teams to rank in the top 10 in two out of three seasons to qualify.

Haas – who had to wait for these payments after registering for the tournament in 2016 – believes the new Force India team should do the same and wait.

For his part, the team manager Haas Gunter Steiner explained on the sidelines of the Grand Prix of Abu Dhabi that he had not received any response on this subject, c & # 39; is why it was decided to carry out a protest action.

He said that Haas "was looking for equality for all teams". However, Ottmar Zavenauer, Force India captain, has criticized the "ridiculous and hypocrisy" of his opponent's claim, especially as his team has a different factory definition of Haas.

The dispute between the two teams began for the first time at the start of the season, when Force India criticized Haas' relationship with Ferrari and the use of the American barn for unlisted parts from Maranello Castle.

At the last demonstration, the observers stated in their decision that Force India was a "new team" and a "separate legal entity", and that, therefore, "can not be considered identical to the previous team of the tournament ".

However, it is unclear whether this could form the basis for any further pressure from Haas to prevent Force India from receiving cash payments or allowing the US team to try to recover the payments that were made. 39, she has not received in 2016 and 2017.