LONDON—Formula One stewards have dismissed a Ferrari petition to review the penalty that dropped Carlos Sainz from fourth to 12th at this month’s Australian Grand Prix.
The four stewards upheld their original decision after a virtual meeting on Tuesday to consider whether to review the matter.
Ferrari needed to present a “significant and relevant new element” but, after considering telemetry data and witness statements, the officials decided the Italian team had failed to do so.
“There is no significant and relevant new element which was unavailable to the parties seeking the review at the time of the decision concerned. The petition is therefore dismissed,” they said….