Ferrari’s right of review regarding Sebastian Vettel’s sanction at Formula 1's Canadian Grand Prix will be heard by stewards on Friday.
Vettel was handed a five-second time penalty after he was judged to have re-joined the track unsafely, causing Lewis Hamilton to take evasive action, when he went wide through Turn 4 at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve.
The sanction demoted him behind Hamilton and into second place, with the Mercedes driver picking up victory.
Ferrari initially lodged an intention to appeal but did not go ahead with the appeal, instead notifying its desire to request a right to review, under Article 14 of the International Sporting Code.
The Article states that a review can be heard if “a new and significant element” is submitted by the concerned party, in this case Ferrari.
Ferrari confirmed on Monday that it had submitted a right to review but did not provide further details.
On Thursday morning, the FIA announced that the stewards from the Canadian Grand Prix will reconvene on Friday at 14:15 at Paul Ricard, where this weekend’s French Grand Prix is being held.
The stewards will thus determine whether any new and significant information provided by Ferrari, which will have a team representative present, is deemed admissible.
The previous time a right of review was submitted came last year, when Williams took action to dispute a grid penalty issued to Sergey Sirotkin after the Azerbaijan Grand Prix.
On that occasion the stewards reconvened and determined that the new information was not sufficient for the case to be re-opened.
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