Components 1 officers have rejected Crimson Bull’s request for a reassessment of the penalty given to Lewis Hamilton on the British Grand Prix.
Stewards at this weekend’s Hungarian Grand Prix dominated there was no vital extra proof to take note of.
The Mercedes driver was adjudged “predominantly in charge” for a first-lap collision with title rival Max Verstappen’s Crimson Bull and given a 10-second penalty.
Verstappen, 23, crashed out of the race, whereas Hamilton recovered to take a dramatic victory.
The choice leaves Verstappen with an eight-point lead over Hamilton, 36, within the championship heading into this weekend’s Hungarian Grand Prix, the final earlier than a three-week summer season break for F1.
What did Crimson Bull argue?
Crimson Bull introduced a sequence of items of knowledge they thought to be new proof to the listening to, together with the GPS knowledge from the vehicles displaying their positioning.
Additionally they introduced comparable knowledge, automobile speeds and simulation info of Hamilton and Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc within the manoeuvre wherein the Mercedes driver handed for the lead with two laps to go.
Crimson Bull used the Leclerc cross to argue Hamilton would have made contact in that transfer too – if he had been on the identical line on the identical velocity as he was within the Verstappen incident.
Their intention was to determine floor guidelines following the collision for the remainder of the season, because the title battle between the 2 males reaches a climax.
Crimson Bull additionally needed to know how the choice was made after such a significant accident.
Verstappen suffered an affect of 51G when he hit the boundaries on the 190mph Copse nook and was taken to hospital for checks. He was launched later that night unhurt, other than bruising and aches and pains.
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