Perhaps unsurprisingly, Sepang stewards have rejected Spyker’s protest over the legality of the 2007 Toro Rosso.

“Spyker have made an application for arbitration and must by definition therefore be deemed to accept that a dispute such as this (the grounds of the protest being effectively the same as that matter to be determined in arbitration) does not fall within the range of disputes to be settled under the FIA 2007 Formula One Sporting Code.

“It is considered therefore that it would be entirely inappropriate for the Stewards to involve themselves in a matter being dealt with at the instigation and election of the Protestor, Spyker, in an entirely different forum.

“It follows, that this Protest is inadmissible and the Protest fee is accordingly returned.”

Toro Rosso team boss Gerhard Berger meanwhile says that his team has no interest in a compromise solution to the customer cars issue.