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A preliminary hearing was held at the headquarters of the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) in Lausanne on Wednesday, 4 November, in the matter Valentino Rossi vs the Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme. The FIM was represented by its legal director, Richard Perret.

Following the hearing, the CAS issued an order dismissing the application for a stay filed by Rossi concerning the decision rendered on 25 October 2015 by the FIM stewards. The CAS ruling on the request for stay of execution does not prejudge the final award on the merits of the case.

In appealing to the CAS against the decision of the FIM stewards, Rossi seeks annulment or modification of the FIM Stewards’ decision taken at the Shell Malaysia Motorcycle Grand Prix in Sepang, in which the FIM stewards confirmed the three penalty points awarded by the race direction to Rossi following an incident on turn 14. The FIM takes note of the ruling of the CAS.

As a consequence of this ruling, at the Gran Premi de la Comunitat Valenciana, last race of the FIM MotoGP World Championship, Rossi will start from the last position on the grid.