Vettel penalty review to be rejected (2nd Update)

The Kangaroo Court, who wants Hamilton to win every race, did not have the spine to meet with Ferrari Face-to-Face

UPDATE The stewards (kangaroo court) from the Canadian Grand Prix, convened at Paul Ricard with one joining via teleconference, decided there are "no significant and relevant new elements which were unavailable to the parties at the time of the competition concerned".

Therefore, a review will not take place.

They determined that of the seven items Ferrari presented as evidence, five were "available before the end of the competition".

A video analysis performed by Karun Chandhok for Sky Sports F1 was also offered by Ferrari, but deemed "new but not significant and relevant as this is a personal opinion by a third party".

Another video, from the camera facing Vettel and released by F1 after the race, was also considered new but not significant and relevant because "the evidence contained in this video footage can be seen within other available video".

The evidence presented that the stewards said they had available when making the decision was analysis of the telemetry data of Vettel's car, video analysis of multiple camera views, post-race and video images and analysis of the GPS racing line data of both Hamilton and Vettel in the lap of the incident and the previous race laps.

Vettel in good mood at Paul Ricard

06/21/19 (GMM) The FIA will hear Ferrari's stewards 'review' on Friday.

Two weeks after the controversial decision that cost Sebastian Vettel victory in Canada, the topic totally preoccupied the Paul Ricard paddock on Thursday.

"Maybe someone wants to ask something about France?" Vettel joked to reporters.

The German married his long-time partner Hanna in between Canada and France, while the media obsessed over whether the stewards will overturn their unpopular decision.

Indeed, essentially every driver backed Vettel's point of view in the Paul Ricard paddock.

"As the GPDA, I think we've expressed more than once that what we want is consistency with the decisions," Vettel said.

He said he is unrepentant even about his emotional post-race behavior, and raised hopes that Ferrari's push to have the penalty overturned will succeed.

"We'll see what happens. We'll bring some information that maybe the stewards didn't have at the time and see what happens," said Vettel.

The FIA panel will meet between Friday's two practice sessions to consider the review.

"Frankly, we don't know what Ferrari wants to present to us," one FIA official told Auto Motor und Sport.

"The stewards have access to the TV images from every angle, the GPS data and the telemetry of the throttle, brake and steering."

Vettel and Hamilton almost touch

06/20/19 (GMM) Ferrari's stewards review of the Canada GP time penalty is "on standby".

That is the news from Daniele Sparisci, the correspondent for Italy's Corriere della Sera newspaper.

We reported earlier that the stewards at Paul Ricard were expected to make a decision about the review of Sebastian Vettel's controversial Montreal time penalty by Thursday.

But Sparisci says: "Neither the OK to take it forwards nor a rejection by the FIA has come.

"At Maranello, they hope the matter will be dealt with as soon as possible. But perhaps it will take some more time because it is a delicate matter and all the elements must be weighed."

He claims Ferrari has prepared a package of videos and telemetry to show that Vettel did not deliberately cause Lewis Hamilton to take evasive action.

Sparisci thinks Ferrari's sporting director Laurent Mekies, who until 2017 worked for the FIA, has intricate knowledge of how the governing body's review process works.

"Also clear is that Mercedes is also ready to provide its reasons for defending Hamilton's victory," he added.

Therefore, a video conference to link the Paul Ricard and Montreal stewards may not suffice. "This time, a meeting may be necessary," said Sparisci.

Former F1 driver Ralf Schumacher says that when he was racing, "there would have been no penalty" for a Vettel-Hamilton-like incident.

"But based on the current rules, the time penalty is correct," the German told Sky Deutschland.

"Of course, these rules do limit racing, and so personally I like the old regulations better," Schumacher added.

"I understand that Ferrari is trying to overturn the decision, but instead they might want to work on changing the rules so that this does not happen in the future."