Red Bull’s request for a right to review the penalty handed out to Lewis Hamilton at the British Grand Prix has been dismissed as it “clearly” did not provide new evidence. Teams are allowed to request a right to review a penalty that stewards will grant if they feel “a significant and relevant new element is discovered which was unavailable to the parties seeking the review at the time of the decision concerned.” Red Bull duly lodged such a petition under Article 14 of the International Sporting Code last Friday and had to provide its evidence during a video conference in Hungary on Thursday, when it would try to convince the FIA to re-examine the penalty. It transpired that Red...
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