Aston Martin will 'consider appeal position' after Vettel DSQ review is rejected

The Aston Martin Formula 1 team is still unsure whether it will commit to fully appealing Sebastian Vettel’s disqualification from the Hungarian Grand Prix.
Sebastian Vettel (GER) Aston Martin F1 Team AMR21.
Sebastian Vettel (GER) Aston Martin F1 Team AMR21.
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Vettel was excluded from the final race r🐼esults at the Hung🍌aroring after Aston Martin failed to provide a 1.o-litre fuel sample after the race.

The tไeam’s right to review Vettel’s disqualification was dismissed by the stewards on Monday despite Aston Martin revealing that a fuel cell failure was the reason for the team being un꧋able to provide an adequate fuel sample.

The FIA could only extract 0.3 lit𒐪res of fuel from Vette꧅l’s car, even though Aston Martin believed there was 1.74 litres initially.

Th♕e stewarꦫds accepted Aston Martin’s claim that the fuel cell failure resulted in more fuel being used than expected, although the FIA agreed that it fell short of being “significant and relevant” because the reasons for being unable to do so are deemed to be irrelevant. 

While Aston Mart💙in has had its right to review dismissed, it could launch a case with the FIA International Court of Appeal having already initiated the appeal proc🍒edure.

In a statement released by the team on Monday eveningﷺ, Aston Martin team boss Otmar Szafnauer said it’s “now considering its position in respect of its outstanding appeal”.

“Sebastian drove brilliantly in Hungary and we are pleased to have been given the opportunity to show signif🧸icant new evidence that we𒈔 discovered since the race,” Szafnauer said.

“We felt that the evidenceꦿ we presented was relevant and demonstrated to the FIA that he should have been reinstated following his disqualification.

“Unfortunately, the FIA took a different view and, despiಞte the fact that the accuracy of our new evidence was not contested, Sebastian’s disqualification ✱has been upheld on the basis that the new evidence was not deemed 'relevant'.

“That is disappointing, and we will now consider our position in respect of the full appeal procꦛess.”

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