JAKARTA - The Aston Martin team will look at the data from Sebastian Vettel's car before deciding on an appeal against the driver's disqualification from the runner-up position of the Hungarian Grand Prix.
The four-times world champion from Germany finished 1.8 seconds behind Frenchman Esteban Ocon who claimed his maiden Formula 1 win for the Alpine team.
Vettel failed to get his car into the pit lane because it ran out of fuel and had to run to the parc ferme for the podium ceremony.
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Under technical regulations, competitors must ensure that at least one liter of fuel sample can be taken from their car at all times during the race, but only 0.3 liter can be taken from Vettel's car after the race at the Hungaroring Circuit is over.
The disqualification decision means Mercedes' Lewis Hamilton inherits the runner-up spot, and Ferrari's Carlos Sainz is entitled to a podium finish in third place.
The top ten drivers who finished behind Vettel moved up one place each, and Alfa Romeo's Kimi Raikkonen moved up from P11 to P10 to take home the final point.
"We are now analyzing the data to decide whether to appeal or not," an Aston Martin team spokesman said Monday.
Aston Martin have a 96-hour window from Sunday Night to decide whether they will object to or accept the loss of 18 points.
"Since we have reason to believe that there was more than one liter of fuel in Sebastian Vettel's car after the Hungarian Grand Prix, we have decided to preserve our right to appeal," he said.
The car number 5 has been sealed and grounded by the FIA as F1 begins the summer break for the next three weeks.
If Vettel's disqualification persists then Williams, who is scoring for the first time since 2019, will have 10 points instead of just six, which is a significant gain for any team at the bottom of the table.
Haas team principal Guenther Steiner, who has not seen his drivers score a point this season, is skeptical of any chance of an appeal.
"Maybe there's something in the refueling procedure," said Steiner. "If there's only that amount of fuel, it's black and white. Nothing in between.
"I don't know if there's a problem in the refueling process and they can't get it all out..."
Aston Martin team boss Otmar Szafnauer said there should still be 1.74 liters of fuel left and alleged there was a problem with the pump being used.
The data will show how much fuel was put in and how much the Vettel car consumed.
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