Sebastian Vettel says he hopes the new evidence Ferrari will bring to stewards will prompt his Canadian Grand Prix case to be re-opened.
Vettel was judged to have re-joined the track in an unsafe manner, in the process causing Lewis Hamilton to take evasive action, and was handed a five-second time penalty.
Ferrari declined to appeal but instead invoked a right to review, under Article 14 of the FIA’s International Sporting Code.
Canadian Grand Prix stewards will reconvene at Paul Ricard on Friday afternoon to hear Ferrari’s “new and significant element” that was previously unavailable to stewards.
Should stewards deem that Ferrari’s new evidence is inadmissible then the case will be officially rejected.
“I still have the same view that I had two weeks ago, so we will see what happens,” said Vettel on Thursday.
“I think first of all [the idea] is to open the case again and have another look.
“We bring some information that maybe the stewards didn’t have at the time and we will see what happens.”
Ferrari has not disclosed the details of its new evidence.
The penalty extended Vettel's win-less run to 15 events, with his most recent victory coming at last August's Belgian Grand Prix.
When asked whether the run was a source of frustration, he replied: "I am not frustrated, do I look frustrated? I am not frustrated. It is not like we had 15 races to win and we didn’t win them, then I’d be frustrated.
"We did the best we could and I think arguably this year I think we could have had two shots so far and one obviously Charles [Leclerc] had a troubled race [in Bahrain] and I wasn’t there in that race and the other one at least we crossed the line first but I think we covered that.
"I think it all depends when looking back but generally I’m pretty happy with the races I’ve had. You always think you could do a bit more here and there but it is not as if we have dominated the past 15 races."
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