FIA appeal court asserts impartiality and integrity after Briatore targets judge

MONZA, Italy, Sept 5 : The governing FIA's International Court of Appeal asserted the impartiality and integrity of its judges on Saturday after Alpine Formula One team boss Flavio Briatore suggested links between McLaren and one of those involved in a case that stripped Pierre Gasly of a podium finish.Briatore made his bombshell allegations when he appeared in a press conference at Monza on Friday shortly after French driver Gasly was demoted from third place to seventh at last June's Monaco Grand Prix, with Red Bull's Isack Hadjar reinstated to the podium some three months after the event.McLaren also benefited, with Australian Oscar Piastri moving back up from fifth to fourth.The ICA, in a statement at the Italian Grand Prix, noted "public comments questioning the independence and impar