Spyker protest rejected.

Spyker has seen a second protest against a rival dismissed on the grounds of insufficient jurisdiction after seeing Malaysian Grand Prix stewards refuse to rule on complaints against Scuderia Toro Rosso.

Having seen its objections to Super Aguri's SA07 dismissed in similar fashion by the Australian GP stewards - although it later claimed that the protest had been submitted to long after scrutineering had taken place - Spyker saw its claims against Toro Rosso's STR02 rejected as the Sepang stewards ruled that, as the so-called 'customer car' row had already gone to arbitration following the Aguri protest, any further objections should also be dealt with by the courts.

"Spyker has made an application for arbitration and must, by definition, therefore be deemed to accept that a dispute such as this does not fall within the range of disputes to be settled under the FIA 2007 Formula One Sporting Code," the FIA said in a statement issued on behalf of the stewards, "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."

Spyker claimed that Toro Rosso, like Super Aguri, does not own the intellectual property rights to its chassis, which bears close resemblance to that being run by 'sister' team Red Bull Racing, and should not be allowed to score points as the team does not technically qualify as a constructor. It has issued a similar claim against Super Aguri, which it believes is running a thinly-veiled version of last year's Honda RA106.