Oct.25 (GMM) Niki Lauda has added to the criticism of McLaren's decision to appeal the outcome of the 2007 world championship.



The triple world champion, who formerly drove for Ron Dennis' Woking based team, said trying to get three cars kicked out for fuel irregularities so that Lewis Hamilton can win the title by default was "abstruse" at best and possibly sour grapes.



"This is a catastrophe at the end of a chaotic year," the veteran Austrian told Thursday's edition of the daily Frankfurter Rundschau.



Lauda's criticism follows a similar reproach from the German newspaper Bild-Zeitung earlier this week.



"If McLaren succeed, they will deserve only one title: Worst Losers, 2007," Europe's most widely-circulated daily wrote.