National Court: 1 May 2007
Having called an enquiry under regulation A.3.3 on Tuesday
1 May, the National Court has reinstated karter Jordan Lennox-Lamb
in the results of a Stars of Tomorrow JICA Stars A Final race
at the Kimbolton circuit held on 7 April.
Lennox-Lamb had finished in first position, but in parc ferme
an engine seal on his kart’s engine was missing, although
the wire was still in place. It was claimed this had been
knocked off in an incident with another kart during the race
and the Clerk of the Course, accepting photographic evidence
that the seal had been present on the grid, took no action.
The father of a rival driver, Sam Jenkins, appealed to the
stewards of the meeting who overruled the Clerk of the Course
and excluded Lennox-Lamb from the results, thus promoting
Jenkins to first position.
Reinstating Lennox-Lamb the Court identified that:
Jenkins had no right of appeal as there had been no incident
involving him and thus he was not directly affected, nor had
he lodged a protest prior to appealing or had a penalty imposed
against him personally.
Mr Jenkins was not eligible to appeal on his son’s
behalf – this should have been done by the driver’s
entrant, his mother, whose signature appeared as such on his
championship registration form.
A missing seal equates to an eligibility issue and so the
incident should have been referred directly to the National
Court and not heard by the stewards.
Court Chairman Tony Scott-Andrews said: “An appeal
such as this should not have been dealt with by the stewards
but should have been directed to the National Court and notice
of the appeal should have been signed by the entrant.
“In this particular instance, however, this competitor
did not even satisfy the criteria for lodging an appeal such
that the appeal to the stewards must be regarded as invalid.”
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