 The Renault team were handed a disqualification from F1, which was suspended for two years pending any further rule infringements.Briatore was banned from all FIA-sanctioned events for life, while Symonds was banned for five years.However, Briatore and Symonds sued the FIA in French courts, and on January 5, 2010, the Tribunal de Grande Instance overturned the ban which had been put in place on both men.