2021 Hungarian Grand Prix - Hungaroring, July 30 - Aug 01 Sportsbook Motor Sport

[Random Guy]

I would love to see Alonso on the podium

 

[Bandit]

Alonso going to make Hamilton work to get past him.

 

[Franco Pinion]

Must be seriously frustrating for Hamilton

 

[Dylan]

Vettel has been disqualified from the race which is highly disappointing but looks like it was a pretty clear technical infringement so it was inevitable. The FIA really need to start looking at the rulebook though, we see nothing penalties for major infractions with huge repercussions and then huge penalties for much more minor technicalities, it makes it really hard to look at outcomes and think they are anything remotely close to fair.

 

[Fraser]

Aston Martin has launched an appeal against the disqualification. They had 96 hours to do it and have decided to go ahead with the appeal. The rules say they can't do anything to the car, but they want special permission to replace the pump to pump out the remaining fuel that they say is in the tank.

It seems like a simple point but I think they should stick to the rules and not have every decision drawn out over weeks. The Red Bull appeal after Silverstone has been a bad influence. This appeal will presumably rumble on for another week too. I'd say they should impose the rules and just move on.

Great news for Williams if the appeal is unsuccessful. They will double their points from 4 to 8. Which is a pretty unassailable lead and would most likely guarantee them 8th in constructors.

 

[Bandit]

Aston Martin appeal was dismissed. DQ for Seb.

The FIA have dismissed Aston Martin's request for a right to review Sebastian Vettel's Hungarian GP disqualification.

The German crossed the line in P2 for the second time this season in Budapest, giving his team a much-needed 18 points given that their midfield rivals Alpine won the race.

However, the points were taken from them as Vettel was disqualified soon afterwards due to the fact that there was not enough fuel left in the car to extract the mandatory one-litre sample for legality checks.

The British team quickly announced their intention to appeal the decision, adamant there had been enough fuel in the tank and that the issue had been with the method of extracting it, due to what they suspected was a broken lift pump.

In an initial hearing, they argued that data showing there was indeed a fuel pump failure was relevant and new evidence which therefore granted a right to review the decision.

However, while the FIA have acknowledged that it is indeed new evidence, they have stated that ultimately there was less than a litre left in Vettel's tank regardless, and the reason for that is irrelevant.

"For the assessment of whether or not the 1-litre requirement was broken, it does not make a difference why there was less than 1 litre," said the governing body in a statement.

"There may be a couple of explanations why at the end of a race the remaining amount is insufficient. In any case, it remains the sole responsibility of the Competitor to ensure that the car is in conformity with the regulations all times and it shall be no defence to claim that no performance advantage was obtained.

"In order to be able to affirm a 'relevant' fact, Aston Martin would have had to present facts that actually more than 1 litre of fuel was remaining.

"The explanation why this requirement could not be met is not relevant to the decision as to whether a breach of the regulations has occurred.

Aston Martin can still appeal the decision to the Internation Court of Appeals, and the team 'is now considering its position in respect of its outstanding appeal.'

 

[Franco Pinion]

From their failed appeal to the stewards for the right of review:

After the hearing the FIA revealed that Aston Martin had discovered that a faulty fuel pump meant a 'significant amount of fuel was inadvertently discharged from the fuel cell of Car 5', meaning FIA personnel could only extract 0.3 litres.

So the fuel was discharged somewhere and is not still in the tank. That's on Aston Martin so it's an open and shut case.