Formula One’s governing physique will maintain a listening to subsequent week to deal with Ferrari’s request to evaluation the time penalty given to Carlos Sainz Jr. on the crash-marred Australian Grand Prix.

The FIA stated a digital listening to will happen Tuesday after Ferrari initiated a proper of evaluation within the hope of overturning the five-second time penalty handed to Sainz.

The Spanish driver was given the penalty after colliding with Aston Martin driver Fernando Alonso on Lap 1 of the ultimate grid restart, resulting in the third crimson flag of a chaotic race on April 2 and a one-lap restart behind a security automobile. Only 12 of the 20 starters completed the race.

The penalty demoted Sainz from fourth place with 12 factors scored to twelfth place and no factors. Sainz is in fifth place within the standings with 20 factors after three races.

Ferrari was annoyed that the penalty was handed out with out race stewards listening to from the drivers and in addition as a result of it had no bearing on the rostrum positions, since automobiles should not allowed to overhaul behind a security automobile and the final lap was a procession to the end line.

Sainz stated he was too offended to speak after the race and upset that stewards did not communicate to him earlier than making the decision.

‘Right now, I can’t speak. I’m too offended, too disillusioned, too,’ he stated. ‘I simply can’t say something.’

Alonso, who completed in third place for the third straight race this season, referred to as Sainz’s penalty harsh.

The FIA stated Friday that race stewards acquired a letter from the governing physique’s single-seater director Nikolas Tombazis with the April 6 petition from Ferrari connected.

The listening to will decide whether or not or not proof introduced by Ferrari is important, new and related. Stewards can then resolve whether or not to re-open the investigation of the incident and convene one other listening to.

The new listening to may consequence within the penalty remaining the identical, being modified or overturned altogether.

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