Ferrari’s request for the correct to evaluation the time penalty handed to Carlos Sainz in Melbourne shall be heard subsequent week.
The Italian workforce requested the correct to evaluation after the Spaniard, who completed fourth on the street, dropped to twelfth because of the penalty which was in lieu of his crash with Fernando Alonso on the restart.
The stewards of the Grand Prix having obtained a letter from Nikolas Tombazis, single-seater director of the FIA, attaching a petition by Ferrari dated sixth April beneath Article 14 of the FIA Worldwide Sporting Code (“Petition”), searching for a evaluation of the stewards determination made inside the framework of the 2023 Australian Grand Prix and requesting that the Stewards:
“Take into account such request and to make a dedication whether or not or not a big and related new component exists (Article 14.3 of the Code) in relation to the choice/incident”.
Sainz and workforce representatives are required to report back to the stewards for a digital listening to to be held on 18th April at 08:00 CET in relation to the petition.
On the listening to, Ferrari should current a “important and related new component” that was not obtainable to the stewards on the time if the enchantment course of is to proceed, although few imagine there’s any such component.
