F1: Aston Martin appeals against Sebastian Vettel's Hungarian Grand Prix disqualification

Four-time Drivers' Championship winner Sebastian Vettel was disqualified from Hungarian Grand Prix after an FIA technical delegate could t extract a sufficient fuel sample from his race car. Vettel h finished race in second place, but due to a disqualification, he will t get any points. As a result, Aston Martin F1 immediately confirmed ir intention to appeal against his disqualification.

Aston Martin launch appeal against Sebastian Vettel's disqualification

After few days of speculations, Aston Martin F1 have decided to follow up with ir appeal against Sebastian Vettel's disqualification from second place at Hungarian Grand Prix. ditionally, team have also requested a 'right of review.' This is a slightly different process as this would reverse stewards' original decision, meaning Vettel would be given second place back. After German driver's disqualification, Aston Martin immediately confirmed ir intention to appeal, giving m 96 hours to take matter furr.

Why was Sebastian Vettel penalized at Hungarian GP?

Sebastian Vettel was disqualified from Hungarian Grand Prix as FIA were unable to extract required 1.0-litre fuel sample from his car. However, Aston Martin released a statement on Thursday night, highlighting that ir data showed that a sufficient amount of fuel was still left in car. Moreover, y also mentioned that y h "discovered significant new evidence," which is why y were interested in continuing with ir appeal.

Aston Martin's statement re,

"After Sebastian Vettel’s drive to second place on ro in Hungarian Grand Prix on Sunday August 1st, he was disqualified from results when a 1.0-litre sample of fuel was t able to be taken from his car after race (a requirement as set out in FIA Formula One Technical Regulations)."

“re was and is suggestion that Vettel’s Aston Martin Cognizant Formula One Team AMR21 car benefited from a performance vant from alleged regulatory breach, or that it was deliberate."

"Since team's data indicated that re was more than 1.0 litre of fuel in car after race – 1.74 litres according to data – team immediately reserved its right to appeal, and has requested a right of review alongside appeal procedure, as a result of having discovered significant new evidence relevant to sanction which was unavailable to it at time of FIA stewards' decision."    

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