Carlos Sainz took to Fernando Alonso in the restart of Australia and race management decided to penalize him with five seconds. A fatal punishment considering that it sent him to the end of the grid and left him without any points in his locker at the end of the test.
Ferrari appealed the decision days later and now the FIA will make a decision on a possible review. He will do it this Tuesday before the Baku race next weekend.
Last Friday they confirmed the Italian team’s claim: “The stewards of the 2023 Australian Grand Prix have received a letter of Nikolas TombazisFIA director of single-seaters, enclosing a request from the competitor Scuderia Ferrari dated 6 April 2023 under article 14 of the FIA International Sporting Code, requesting a review of the stewards’ decision No. 46 taken at the framework of the 2023 Australian Grand Prix and requesting that the stewards ‘consider such request and determine whether or not there is a significant and relevant new element in relation to the decision/incident’.”
And it details when Sainz must appear: “The pilot and the team representative are obliged to appear before the commissioners for a virtual audience that will be held on April 18, 2023 at 0800 CET in connection with the request.
Fred VasseurFerrari boss, has detailed that there could be a second hearing with the commissioners who made the decision: “What we can hope for is at least to have an open discussion with them, and also for the good of the sport to avoid having this type of decision. when you have three cases on the same curve, and not the same decision”.
