The former Force India driver Adrian Sutil will appeal against the 18-month suspended sentence and £167,000 fine he was given by a Munich court last month after being found guilty of causing grievous bodily harm.
It followed an incident in a Shanghai nightclub, after last year's Chinese Grand Prix, when Sutil hurt Eric Lux, chief of Lotus team owners Genii Capital.
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