A motor racing court of appeal met today to decide whether Jordan or British American Racing (BAR) finished fifth in the Formula One championship.
The International Automobile Federation (FIA) said in a statement that three appeal judges started their meeting in Paris at eight o’clock this morning to hear a Royal Irish Automobile Club appeal on behalf of Jordan.
The decision will be announced on Saturday.
Jordan want to overturn the disqualification of Italian Jarno Trulli from fourth place at the U.S. Grand Prix, a decision that cost them two points and fifth place in the constructors' standings.
It would have been three points, but team mate Jean Alesi moved up to claim sixth place.
Trulli was excluded after his Jordan's skid block failed a post-race technical inspection and the team are expected to argue that his car sustained damage in a scrape with the Sauber of Kimi Raikkonen.
If the Silverstone-based team win, they will overtake Honda rivals BAR to take fifth place on 19 points.
If they lose, then they will end the season behind BAR in sixth place and level on 17 points.
Any ruling will also affect the drivers' championship, but on a much smaller scale.
Trulli, who is joining Renault next season, will be equal eighth rather than ninth, while Alesi would drop back to equal 14th from 13th.