"At today's hearing all parties had the opportunity to present evidence and make arguments based on their respective perception of the facts," Whitmarsh said. "It now lies with the FIA International Court of Appeal to deliberate and issue a decision.
"As I made clear prior to the appeal, the team was seeking to clarify the regulatory uncertainty that has arisen from a decision of the FIA Stewards at the 2007 Brazilian Grand Prix and not to win the Driver's World Championship.
"Our lawyer's argument that an appropriate penalty would be a disqualification of the cars is based on the fact that this is ordinarily what has occurred during the last 20 years in Formula One when there was a breach of a technical regulation during a race.
"Consequently whilst this was the only appropriate argument from a legal point of view, it's not our ultimate goal in respect of today's hearing."
A decision by the four judges will be announced on Friday.
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