Will Sainz get P4 back after all? Ferrari challenges decision at FIA

Ferrari is going to challenge the penalty given to Carlos Sainz in Australia. Frederic Vasseur has told Sky Sports revealed that the team is using the 'right to review' rule.

Sainz was penalised at the end of the Australian Grand Prix for his incident with Fernando Alonso. The Ferrari driver received a five-second penalty and because the race ended behind the safety car, he was dropped from P4 to P12. Very sour for Sainz, who himself did not understand anything about it and wanted the penalty reversed.

Will Sainz get P4 back?

Vasseur now reveals that the FIA has been approached for a 'right to review'. The Ferrari team boss would not comment on the details, but it is clear that Ferrari is not satisfied with the consistency of the race management. While Sainz received a penalty for the incident after the second restart in Melbourne, Pierre Gasly and Logan Sargeant went free.

Sainz mostly blamed the race management for not listening to him. Whereas Gasly's penalty was only announced after the race, Sainz was immediately given a penalty around his ears. As a result, the Spaniard was unable to tell his story to race control. Vasseur hopes the team can sit down with the FIA: ''What we can expect is to at least have an open discussion with them. Also for the good of the sport, to avoid to have this kind of decision when you have three cases at the same corner and not the same decision,'' the Frenchman concluded.