PARIS (AP) -- The latest installment in Formula One's espionage scandal will be heard by an appeals body next month.

The sport's governing body, FIA, said Wednesday that Ferrari's case against rival McLaren will be heard by its International Court of Appeal on Sept. 13.

The dispute ignited when a 780-page technical dossier on Ferrari cars was found at the home of McLaren chief designer Mike Coughlan, who has since been suspended. Nigel Stepney, the Ferrari mechanic who allegedly supplied the documents in April, was fired.

After a hearing in Paris late last month, FIA's World Motor Sport Council ruled that McLaren did possess secret Ferrari documents but did not punish the team because there was insufficient evidence the material was misused.

However, FIA warned that McLaren could be kicked out of the 2007 and 2008 series if it is found in the future that the information has been used "to the detriment of the championship."

Ferrari protested that McLaren hadn't been punished and complained that it hadn't been allowed to make its case at the hearing.

FIA president Max Mosley responded by sending the case to the appeal body to allow Ferrari to submit its evidence and to ensure "public confidence" in the result.

"All of the team competing in the 2007 FIA Formula One World Championship have been given the opportunity to make written submissions to the ICA and have been invited to attend the hearing to supplement their submissions with oral presentations," FIA said in a statement Wednesday.

The hearing will be open to the media "in the interest of transparency," FIA said.

Ferrari president Luca Cordero di Montezemolo is adamant his team will pursue the case to the end.

"As I have already repeated since the beginning of this story, what happened is of unheard seriousness," he said. "We will go on with great determination and deep conviction right to the end: on the legal front, with proceedings under way in Italy and in England, and on the sporting front, with the hearing on Sept. 13 in Paris."

Meanwhile, McLaren has appealed a 15-point penalty handed down during the Hungarian Grand Prix.

McLaren driver Lewis Hamilton won his third F1 race Sunday and teammate Fernando Alonso was fourth, but the team came away with zero points after being found guilty of a rules violation during qualifying.

McLaren filed the appeal this week, FIA said Wednesday. It is now up to FIA to determine a date for the appeal hearing.

Alonso record the fastest time in Saturday's qualifying session, with Hamilton behind him. But Alonso waited in the pit lane before his final lap, forcing Hamilton to miss a chance for the pole.

That prompted stewards to investigate, and they determined that McLaren and Alonso hindered Hamilton's chances.

Alonso was subsequently penalized five spots on the starting grid to sixth, while Hamilton was given the pole.

McLaren was told it would lose any points it gained from the race, although the drivers kept theirs for the drivers' standings, with Hamilton winning 10 points and Alonso five. Hamilton extended his lead over Alonso in the standings to seven points, 80-73.

McLaren's total on the team standings stayed at 139 points, with Ferrari gaining after Kimi Raikkonen finished second.

"We can win all the remaining races," Di Montezemolo said. "We have the ability. The team must believe in itself."

Earlier this year, McLaren's tactics also were questioned at the Monaco GP when Hamilton was told to "hold position" in second place behind Alonso rather than bid for victory as the McLarens went 1-2.