Aston Martin have lodged a petition for the FIA to assessment the penalty given to Fernando Alonso for inflicting a collision with Carlos Sainz in the course of the Chinese language Grand Prix Dash.
Alonso was making an attempt to carry off Ferrari’s Sainz for third within the shortened race when the pair collided in an incident at Flip 9.
Sainz sustained injury and dropped again from the third place he had simply taken to complete fifth, whereas a puncture to Alonso’s Aston Martin led to his retirement.
After reviewing the incident and interviewing each drivers after the occasion, the stewards gave Alonso a 10-second penalty – which was meaningless given his retirement – and three penalty factors to his licence.
The penalty factors had been vital given Alonso picked up three for his half in an incident with George Russell on the Australian Grand Prix in March and is subsequently already midway to the 12-point restrict for a year-long interval, the breaching of which ends up in a one-race ban.
Given the 10-second penalty had no influence on the race end result, Aston Martin’s attraction would seem like motivated by a need to scale back or take away the penalty factors.
The FIA launched a doc on Tuesday confirming Aston Martin’s petition for a proper of assessment, with the listening to to be held by way of video convention on Friday at 1pm.
The primary a part of an F1 proper of assessment listening to requires the interesting group to provide a “significant and relevant new element which was unavailable to the party seeking the Review at the time of the decision concerned.”
Within the occasion the stewards settle for the a passable new component has been offered, a second a part of the listening to will probably be convened at a time to be suggested.
Ferrari have additionally been instructed to ship a consultant to Friday’s listening to, at which level the groups will probably be in the USA for this weekend’s Miami Grand Prix.
Moments after the collision with Alonso, Sainz turned concerned in one other tussle along with his team-mate Charles Leclerc, who was angered after being pressured off monitor.
The stewards famous the incident between the Ferraris in the course of the Dash however opted to not take any motion.
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Thursday Might 2
6.30pm: Drivers’ press convention
Friday Might 3
3pm: F1 Academy Apply 1
5pm: Miami GP Apply One (session begins at 5.30pm)
8.20pm: F1 Academy Apply 2
9pm: Miami GP Dash Qualifying (session begins at 9:30pm)
Saturday Might 4
3.25pm: F1 Academy Qualifying
4pm: Miami GP Dash (race begins at 5pm)
6.30pm: Ted’s Dash Pocket book
7.05pm: F1 Academy Race 1
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11pm: Ted’s Qualifying Pocket book*
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11pm: Chequered Flag: Miami GP response*
Midnight: Ted’s Pocket book*
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