The Aston Martin team has confirmed that it has exercised its right to appeal the FIA stewards' decision to exclude Sebastian Vettel from the Hungarian Grand Prix. Vettel finished last weekend's race second on the road, but during a post-race fuel sample check, the scrutineers were unable to extract the 1-litre minimum amount of fuel mandated from the tank of the German driver's Aston Martin AMR21, as mandated by the regulations. Despite several attempts by Aston's crews to remove the required amount of fuel from the tank, only 0.3 litres could be pumped out, a shortfall that left the stewards with no other choice than to exclude car #5 from the race's results. Aston Martin had 96 hours to...
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