Scuderia Ferrari has submitted a request to the FIA stewards to review the penalty handed to Sebastian Vettel in the closing stages of last month's Mexican Grand Prix.
Vettel was hit with a 10-second time penalty for appearing to move under braking when defending fourth place from Daniel Ricciardo late on in Mexico, dropping him from third to fifth in the final classification.
The incident sparked much debate about the so-called 'Max Verstappen rule', with FIA race director Charlie Whiting issuing a clarification of the rule that Vettel breached just one week earlier at the United States Grand Prix.
Ferrari issued a statement ahead of this weekend's Brazilian Grand Prix confirming that it had asked the stewards to review the call, although it will not change the final race result as the classification has been declared official.
"Scuderia Ferrari has submitted a request to the Stewards of the 2016 Mexican Grand Prix to review their decision to penalize Sebastian Vettel for breach of Article 27.5 of the 2016 F1 Sporting Regulations as a consequence of his driving behavior in Turn 4 of lap 70," the statement reads.
"This has been the first application of Article 27.5 of the 2016 F1 Sporting Regulations as interpreted on the basis of the Race Director's notes on "defensive maneuvers" and effective from the 2016 US Grand Prix.
"Scuderia Ferrari considers that a number of new elements have come to light after the decision was rendered that make the decision reviewable under Article 14.1 of the International Sporting Code.
"Scuderia Ferrari is aware that championship rankings will not change, regardless of the outcome. But in light of its importance as a precedent for the future, and in order to provide clarity in the application of the rules in future events, Scuderia Ferrari believes that the decision should be reconsidered by the Stewards."
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