The FIA has introduced that members of the Aston Martin staff are requested to seem in entrance of a video teleconference at 3pm CEST on Monday 9 August to debate the case.
Aston Martin believes that it has discovered ‘significant new evidence’ that was not accessible on the time that Vettel was excluded from the outcomes of the Hungaroring race.
Vettel had completed second to Alpine’s Esteban Ocon, however a post-race inspection of his automobile discovered that it didn’t have the necessary minimal one-litre of gas that’s required for the FIA to conduct legality checks.
The staff was adamant that its calculations from fuel-flow meters present there was loads of gas on board the automobile to move the checks, but it surely was only a matter of being able to extract it.
In mild of the Aston complaints, the FIA opted to impound Vettel’s automobile and transport it to its technical facility in France so it may be additional inspected if mandatory.
The staff’s knowledge indicated that given the quantity of gas within the automobile at the beginning, and what has been logged as utilized by the FIA’s fuel-flow meters, there ought to have been 1.74 litres left within the tank.
Sebastian Vettel, Aston Martin AMR21, 2nd place, is cheered over the road by his staff
Photograph by: Glenn Dunbar / Motorsport Images
Nonetheless solely 0.3 litres might be pumped out by the FIA after the GP, leaving 1.44 litres unaccounted for.
Workforce principal Otmar Szafnauer advised Autosport on Sunday night that the staff believes that the raise pump within the automobile had failed, compromising efforts to get gas out of the automobile.
In addition to pushing for a proper to evaluation based mostly on the numerous new proof that has been found, Aston Martin has additionally lodged a separate attraction over the matter.
It is believed that the attraction might focus partially on the staff being allowed to exchange what it thinks is a damaged raise pump with an similar new one, and thus having one other go at getting the gas out of the automobile.
The FIA listening to on Monday will first set up if the recent proof that Aston Martin has uncovered can be accepted as grounds to have a look at the penalty as soon as once more.
Provided that the stewards are satisfied the proof is important and related, plus has been found, will it then maintain a recent listening to to have a look at the precise case.