Haug confident for appeal overthrow

(26-Jul-98) - Mercedes boss Norbert Haug is confident that McLaren's appeal
against the result of the British Grand Prix will be successful when it
goes up in front of the FIA World Council in Paris on Monday.

The German, still celebrating his success in Sunday's Austrian Grand Prix,
believes that his team will get some points back for what happened at
Silverstone when Michael Schumacher escaped without punishment for
overtaking under a yellow flag.

"We are celebrating again and that is right," he said. "It
is easy to do what we did in Monaco, but less easy at Silverstone. That is
a question of sticking together.

"I think we will win the appeal. If a driver overtakes under yellow
flags he should be penalised, even if he did not see it. If there was not a
chance for that penalty to happen, then they should stop the race.

"I hope that they decide to stop the race at lap 42 and award half
points. I have never seen anything like it. When has somebody taken a
stop-go penalty after the chequered flag. We are on the right side."

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