Lewis Hamilton will maintain his eight point lead over Max Verstappen in the Drivers’ Championship after Aston Martin formally withdrew his appeal to undo Sebastian Vettel’s disqualification from the Hungarian Grand Prix.
Earlier this week, the team suffered another blow after the FIA denied Aston Martin an inspection right.
Now. The team has decided to retire, believing the decision to retire “on the basis that we believe it outweighs the benefits of being heard”, with Hamilton retaining his second place after being disqualified was promoted to second place.
Vettel was hit by the penalty after the race when he crossed the finish line in Budapest in second behind Esteban Ocon.
After the team announced their intention to review, the team filed a case with the stewards on Monday to try to overturn the numbers.
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Aston Martin claimed that a “fuel system failure” resulted in their not having the required amount after the race. However, the FIA concluded that the new evidence was “not relevant” to the requirement to provide 1.0 liter of fuel.
A new team statement reads: “After reviewing our position and taking note of the FIA stewards’ judgment that there was clear new evidence of a fuel system failure, we nevertheless withdrew our appeal as we believe that this outweighs the benefits. ” be heard. “
Following the FIA decision, Aston CEO & Team Principal Otmar Szafnauer said: “Sebastian drove brilliantly in Hungary and we are delighted that we have been given the opportunity to show important new evidence that we have discovered since the race.
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