Ferrari have lodged an appeal after the FIA rejected a request to review Sebastian Vettel's Mexican Grand Prix penalty, which cost the German third place.
Although Vettel stood on the podium in Mexico, he was later demoted to fifth with an additional ten seconds added to his overall race time for "moving under breaking" whilst defending his position from Red Bull's Daniel Ricciardo.
Ferrari requested this week that the FIA review the penalty in light of new evidence. However following a meeting on Friday evening in Brazil, which included all four Mexican race stewards, the governing body rejected the request, claiming no new evidence was presented.
The evidence Ferrari claimed was new, included GPS data, but the FIA said this was considered originally at the time.
"In relation to the GPS data, we note that this data is available to teams during the race. It is also available to, and referred to by, the stewards, in the Stewards Room during the race."
Ferrari are unhappy with that decision and have lodged an appeal.
Often a team will do this to buy itself time whilst it considers how to proceed, therefore it's unclear if Ferrari will actually proceed with the appeal, which could prove a lengthy process as such decisions must go before the World Motor Sport Council.
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