Scuderia Ferrari are continuing to challenge Sebastian Vettel’s race-losing Canadian GP penalty after confirming they have formally asked for the decision to be reviewed.
Teams can only submit a ‘right of review’ if they can present the stewards with new and ‘significant’ evidence which was not available at the time of the ruling.
Ferrari have not elaborated on the substance behind their move, only confirming they have submitted the request to the FIA.
Under the terms of the FIA’s International Sporting Code, ‘the stewards shall have the sole discretion to determine if a significant and relevant new element exists’.
Sebastian Vettel was handed a five-second time penalty in the June 9 race in Montreal after stewards ruled he had forced Lewis Hamilton off the track after running wide on lap 48. The German took the chequered flag first, but was relegated to second behind the Mercedes driver once his penalty was applied.
The F1 season reconvenes in France this weekend, with the continued fallout from the events of Canada set to dominate at least the early part of the event.
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