Ferrari has confirmed that it is pressing ahead with a right to review, regarding the incident involving Sebastian Vettel at Formula 1’s Canadian Grand Prix.
Vettel led Mercedes rival Lewis Hamilton at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve but ran wide at Turn 4 on lap 48 of 70.
Stewards deemed that Vettel re-joined the track in an unsafe manner and forced the pursuing Hamilton to take evasive action.
Vettel was handed a five-second time penalty by stewards and, while he crossed the line in first place, the sanction demoted him to the runner-up position.
Ferrari notified its intention to appeal, giving it 96 hours to deliberate, but opted not to go ahead as time penalties issued by stewards cannot be appealed under the FIA’s International Court of Appeal.
But last Thursday it instead confirmed it was considering the right to review.
The right of review comes under Article 14 of the FIA’s International Sporting Code, which states that the case can be reviewed if a “significant and relevant new element is discovered” that was “unavailable to the parties” at the time.
Ferrari had until this Sunday, the date of the French Grand Prix, to officially declare its right to review and on Monday afternoon the team confirmed that it has requested such a course.
It was not outlined what new evidence Ferrari believes it has uncovered, with the team opting against providing further details "due to the sensitivity of the matter".
It is likely that the FIA will now reconvene the stewards in order to determine whether the new evidence is admissible; if it agrees with Ferrari, it will then hear the arguments to decide if the team has a case.
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