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Sky Sports F1’s Craig Slater provides an update on the hearing regarding the review of Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen’s Brazilian Grand Prix incident.
Mercedes has requested a review of the Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen’s Brazilian Grand Prix incident and the hearing was scheduled for November 18 at 5pm Qatar time.
Sky Sports F1’s Craig Slater has provided an update on what is happening.
“We don’t have a resolution to this… in fact we’re going into extra time,” Slater said.
“The initial meeting that started at around 2pm UK time lasted 50 minutes, that came to an end then we’ve had a hiatus.
“Now, as I understand it, we are going to continue this meeting at 8pm local time, that’s 5pm UK time.
“We’re into some quite complicated legal argument, there’s high-powered legal counsel involved from the two teams.
“One of the things they’re currently debating, is can you have an appeal on an issue which didn’t actually take place in the first place?
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“What I mean by that is, Max Verstappen didn’t get a penalty and in fact there was not even an initial stewards’ investigation into his defence against Lewis Hamilton.
“Given there was no investigation, how can you overturn something that the stewards didn’t address in the first place? They’re trying to see if there’s any foundation for overturning it.
“It’s looking more likely that we don’t get a complete resolution until tomorrow or maybe even until after cars get on the track for practice,” concluded Slater.
It was later reported that a decision will be announced tomorrow.
“Following today’s hearing with representatives from Mercedes and Red Bull, the stewards are now considering the matter and will publish their decision tomorrow,” read a statement from the FIA.
