Before Schumacher's appeal from his disqualification at the British Grand Prix, he was disqualified from the Belgian Grand Prix as his Benetton had excessive wear of the plank. The FIA allowed the ten millimetre deep plank, with one millimeter of wear allowance meaning that the plank must be a minimum of nine millimetres after the race to be deemed legal. Unfortunately, a majority of the plank on Schumacher's car measured 7.4 millimetres, well under the legal tolerance. This due to having run illegally low, and therefore having suffered a much deeper wear Benetton, along with Schumacher, claimed that the plank had excessive wear due to a spin by Schumacher during the race. However, the damage to the plank from the spin was visible further down the plank and was not the cause for the infraction Benetton launched an immediate appeal, with a World Motor Sport Council meeting set for September 5. Benetton’s appeal was rejected and Schumacher’s disqualification was upheld. The allegations of Benetton cheating throughout the summer of 1994 led to rumours of Schumacher quitting the team. The team released a statement denying the rumours, stating that Schumacher would complete the season which he ultimately did winning the 1994 Formula One drivers world championship (although the win also proved to be controversial on its own). Schumacher would end up staying with Benetton for the 1995 season as well, winning the drivers world championship as well that season before joining Ferrari for the 1996 Formula One World Championship where he would stay until the 2006 Formula One World Championship, winning five additional drivers titles in the process.