Jenson Button's title hopes received a significant boost when a Paris appeal court ruled in favour of the Formula One championship leader's controversial Brawn GP car.The International Automobile Federation (FIA)'s court of appeal also ruled that Toyota and Williams, whose cars use similar 'double-decker' or 'split-level' rear diffusers were legal.Rivals had claimed these diffusers broke the spirit of the rules.Button won the first two races of the Grands Prix season in Australia and Malaysia after overturning protests from struggling champions Ferrari, Renault, Red Bull and BMW-Sauber.The four teams had then appealed against the stewards' decisions.The FIA said in a statement that the court, which met on Tuesday, had decided "to deny the appeals submitted"."Based on the arguments heard and evidence before it, the Court has concluded that the Stewards were correct to find that the cars in question comply with the applicable regulations," the statement added.It announced full reasons would be provided later.
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