No appeal for Toyota

Toyota has decided not to pursue an appeal against the penalty imposed against Jarno Trulli following Sunday's Australian Grand Prix.

Trulli finished third in the race at Melbourne's Albert Park, only to later be handed a 25-second penalty by race stewards which relegated him to 12th.

The veteran Italian was adjudged to have passed Lewis Hamilton under yellow flags following an accident late on involving Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel and Robert Kubica in his BMW Sauber.

Toyota served a notice of intent to appeal to give them more time to study the data, with Trulli claiming Hamilton slowed and pulled over to the side of the track, giving him no alternative but to pass.

However, the team now appreciate launching an appeal would serve no purpose given the regulations, as was proven last year when McLaren attempted to appeal after the Belgian Grand Prix.

On that occasion reigning world champion Hamilton was given a 25-second drive through penalty for passing Kimi Raikkonen after cutting a chicane.

Despite going through the International Court of Appeal and trying to argue their way round the rules, the case was eventually thrown out.

A Toyota statement read: "Following the decision by Australian Grand Prix stewards to impose a 25-second time penalty on Jarno Trulli, Toyota Motorsport filed notification of its intent to appeal.

"This action was taken to preserve any right it may have to utilise the appeal procedure and to give it time to consider in appropriate detail all the facts relating to the incident.

"Having considered recent judgements of the International Court of Appeal, and referring to the Sporting Code, it is believed any appeal will be rejected on a procedural point such as that defined under article 152, paragraph 5 of the Sporting Code."