Ferrari asks FIA for Vettel penalty 'review'
Ferrari is pushing ahead with its request for a "review" of the penalty that cost Sebastian Vettel victory in Canada.
The Maranello team earlier dropped its intention to appeal the controversial stewards decision, instead deciding to pursue another path.
"We have the right to request a review," a spokeswoman said.
She said further details would not be given, but it is believed the process now will involve the FIA asking the stewards at Paul Ricard to make a decision based on new evidence provided by Ferrari.
Pirelli CEO Marco Tronchetti Provera told Italian radio Rai: "The penalty is up to those responsible.
"But as a Formula 1 fan in front of the television, I asked myself 'Where should Vettel have gone?' The path he took back to the circuit seemed to me to be the only one."
F1 CEO Chase Carey, however, defended the FIA's race stewards.
"The fans are the reason we race," he told Austrian television Servus TV.
"On the other hand, we need the expertise of professionals to make the necessary decisions."
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Penalty should never have been imposed
Vettel left the track, instead of taking the corner. Thereby getting an unfair advantage, he should have let Hamilton past and then if he could have overtaken him. The dummy spit with the bollards changing them around is not what we expect from a former world champion, if everyone followed suite what a shambles f1 would be.
"....Vettel left the track, instead of taking the corner. Thereby getting an unfair advantage,..."
I am no so sure of that.
It would be interesting to see a frame by frame space and time distance between the two cars prior to the error and after both cars were back on tarmac. My impression is that Mercedes significantly narrowed the gap while Ferrari was on the grass. If that is so indeed I fail to see how is that an advantage for Vettel?