Ferrari on Thursday welcomed news that Formula 1 authorities have fresh evidence in the sport's spying saga, seeing it as a sign that the "truth" was finally coming out.
The governing FIA on Wednesday said its top disciplinary panel would meet for a hearing in Paris on September 13 to examine the new evidence in the controversy pitting McLaren against Ferrari.
The panel shocked the Italian team in July by saying it could not punish McLaren for unauthorised possession of Ferrari information because there was no evidence the material had been used to gain an advantage in the championship.
"We said it wasn't going to end there. We have always been convinced that the truth would come out," Ferrari chairman Luca Cordero di Montezemolo said on Thursday.
Ferrari confirmed in a statement later that it would attend the new hearing in Paris, which replaces an appeals hearing that was arranged following complaints from Italian motor sport authorities.
"Ferrari reiterates its firm desire to see all the elements of the affair come to light. We are confident that the truth will emerge," it said.
McLaren, who are again expected to face questions on who new about the Ferrari information and for how long, have said they will continue to cooperate with the FIA.
If the FIA panel concludes that McLaren cheated, the British-German team could be thrown out of the current championship, which it is leading, and also be excluded from the 2008 one.
SHADOW OVER CHAMPIONSHIP.
The new development is sure to cast a shadow over this weekend's Italian Grand Prix at Monza, where Ferrari are hoping to repeat their one-two triumph in Turkey two weeks ago and edge closer to McLaren in the standings.
McLaren are 11 points ahead of Ferrari in the constructors' championship with five races remaining.
McLaren's Lewis Hamilton leads the driver's championship by five point from team mate Fernando Alonso. Ferrari's Felipe Massa is 10 points behind Alonso and one point ahead of team mate Kimi Raikkonen.
Massa and Raikkonen, who stand to benefit the most if McLaren are thrown out, both refused to comment on the off-track controversy during practice for the Monza race.
"I'm interested in beating McLaren on the track. What happens away from the circuit is not my problem," said Massa, who is hoping for his fourth win of the season on Sunday.
The two men at the centre of the spying scandal are Nigel Stepney, Ferrari's former chief engineer, and McLaren's suspended chief designer Mike Coughlan.
Apart from several emails from Stepney, Coughlan is said to have received a 780-page dossier of Ferrari secrets from the fellow Englishman in April this year, soon after the start of the 2007 grand prix season.
McLaren says nobody at McLaren knew of this material until July 3 when the scandal erupted. Ferrari contests this and says McLaren should be punished in any case.
Ferrari have taken legal action in Britain against Coughlan and in Italy against Stepney, who is being investigated by Modena prosecutors.
