Ferrari has initiated an enchantment course of in response to imposing a five-second penalty levied towards Carlos Sainz in the course of the Australian Grand Prix.
Sainz was punished after he collided with Aston Martin’s Fernando Alonso within the duel for third on the opening bend following a late restart at Albert Park.
After he was knowledgeable of the sanction, an emotional Sainz pleaded together with his Ferrari group to instruct the stewards to rethink their resolution.
Sainz took the chequered flag in fourth, however as a result of the race ended behind the security automobile, the penalty dropped him to twelfth and final.
The Spaniard later described the stewards’ verdict because the “biggest Formula One disgrace for many years.”
Speaking on Thursday, Ferrari group principal Frederic Vasseur stated: “You have 14 days to register the petition with the FIA. We have done that in time.”
“The hearing could be at the next race in Baku (on April 30) or before. We would prefer to do it before.”
“The FIA will have a look at our petition, and see if they can reopen the case. We would then have a second hearing with the same stewards about the decision itself.”
“We can expect an open discussion with them. That is for the good of the sport.”
“The biggest frustration for Carlos, and you could hear it on the radio, was that he didn’t have a hearing because the case was very special. It would have made sense to have the hearing before the five-second penalty was applied.”
Sainz’s late punishment capped a horrible afternoon in Melbourne for Ferrari after Charles Leclerc beached his machine on the primary lap following a coming along with Lance Stroll.
The Monegasque has now failed to complete at two of the opening three rounds, leaving him on six factors, 63 behind championship chief Max Verstappen.
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