Raïkkönen penalty at Imola: Alfa Romeo uses its right of review

Alfa Romeo has decided to make use of the right of revision provided for in article 14 of the FIA ​​International Sporting Code. 

The latter allows a competitor to request a review of a decision of the sports stewards provided that he presents “ a new, significant and relevant element which was not available to the parties filing the appeal at the time of the Competition concerned ". It is then up to the stewards of the meeting in question to determine whether the new evidence provided is admissible. 

The team led by Frédéric Vasseur lost 2 precious points during the last GP of Emilia-Romagna after its driver Kimi Raïkkönen, 9th under the checkerboard, had received a 30-second penalty for non-compliance with the testing procedure. start during the restart after the red flag. 

The Finnish veteran had spun and had not recovered his initial position before the Safefy Car 1 line. Consequently, he should have returned to the pits and started after the entire peloton had passed, which he did not do. 

The Alfa Romeo team manager as well as other witnesses will be heard by the Imola stewards via videoconference at 17:00 p.m. Portimão time (18:00 p.m. in France).