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Ferrari lose appeal against Sebastian Vettel penalty

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Stewards took less than two hours to announce their original decision will stand.
Ferrari lose appeal against Sebastian Vettel penalty

Ferrari have lost their review into Sebastian Vettel’s five-second penalty at the Canadian Grand Prix, confirming Lewis Hamilton as the race winner.

Twelve days after Vettel was demoted to runner-up in Montreal, punished for rejoining the circuit in a dangerous manner, Ferrari presented new evidence they hoped would overturn the controversial result.

But following a 35-minute presentation by Ferrari’s sporting director Laurent Mekies at the Circuit Paul Ricard ahead of this week’s French Grand Prix, the stewards took less than two hours to announce their original decision will stand.

A statement from the FIA read: “There are no significant and relevant new elements which were unavailable to the parties at the time of the competition concerned.”

The ruling of Formula One’s governing body will come as a significant blow to both Vettel and Ferrari, with Mekies having earlier claimed that the team’s evidence would prove their star driver’s innocence.

“We have requested the FIA’s right of review because we believe that this evidence is quite overwhelming when it comes to establishing that Sebastian did not breach any regulations,” he said.

Ferrari announced their decision to appeal against Vettel’s penalty immediately after the race in Canada before withdrawing their challenge four days later.

However, Article 14 of the FIA’s International Sporting Code – the Right of Review – provided them with another avenue to pursue the case if they could unearth significant fresh evidence.

Hamilton ran off at the fourth bend after losing control of his Mercedes on entry to the chicane. He then came back on to the circuit with Verstappen leaving the track to avoid Hamilton’s recovering Mercedes.

The world champion held his left hand up to apologise to Verstappen before heading to see the stewards, who took no further action.

Meanwhile, British teenager Lando Norris finished an impressive fifth as his encouraging start to life in Formula One continued.

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