Liuzzi Loses Appeal to Keep Fuji Point

Toro Rosso's Vitantonio Liuzzi, who came in 8th place during the Japanese Grand Prix two weekends ago, failed in the appeal against the point stripped from him after he was found guilty of overtaking Spyker's Adrian Sutil under yellow flags.

The FIA stuck by their decision to penalise the Toro Rosso team, which would have scored their first point finish during the Japanese Grand Prix if not for the 25-second penalty handed out to Liuzzi, and awarded the single point to Spyker's Adrian Sutil. A week later, in the Chinese Grand Prix, Toro Rosso showed that they might be a force to reckon with in 2008 with a strong 4th place finish by rookie Sebastian Vettel and a 6th place by Liuzzi.