Aston Martin confirmed on Thursday, August 12th that team has decided to withdraw their appeal regarding disqualification of Sebastian Vettel from the race.
This means, team will accept the FIA Stewards decision and move forward on this matter. A statement from the team said:
“Having considered our position and having noted the FIA stewards’ verdict that there was clear new evidence of a fuel system failure, we have nonetheless withdrawn our appeal on the basis that we believe doing so outweighs the benefits of it being heard.”
Implications of withdrawing the appeal
By ending their appeal, Aston Martin and Sebastian Vettel set to lose their second podium of the 2021 season and team will drop behind both AlphaTauri and Alpine in the constructor’s championship.
Mean while Lewis Hamilton and Mercedes will be biggest beneficiary of this move from Aston, Lewis will move to P2 in the race classification and extended his championship lead to 8 points over Max Verstappen in championship battle.
Vettel himself stays in 12th place on 30 points in the drivers’ standings, while Aston Martin are seventh on 48 points in the constructors’.
Never the less, FIA needs to work on this outdated rules, one can’t be punished for a failure in the system.
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