zibby43 wrote: ↑27 Jul 2021, 23:21
Wouter wrote: ↑27 Jul 2021, 22:30
zibby43 wrote: ↑27 Jul 2021, 18:40
This has nothing to do with lawyers.
This process is within the regulatory framework of the sport.
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This certainly has to do with lawyers. They have investigated whether the arguments they [RBR] have to challenge the sentence have a chance of success. The lawyers have done the preparatory work.
However, they do not go with RBR to the stewards. They have already done their job.
So there’s a link that confirms outside counsel were retained to make the decision to proceed with the internal FIA process, as opposed to team personnel? That’s something I’d expect the Sporting Director and his team to decide.
It doesn’t make sense RBR would waste funds on outside counsel when a) they can’t be used for the review; 2) there is no risk or penalty for RBR attempting to initiate the process in the first place.
Not that it actually matters. Both Ferrari and Alfa exercised their 14-day right of review without hiring outside counsel.
The "outside counsel " is just hype to rile up fans who don't know any better. The FIA/stewards doesn't care what lawyers think, or even what 3rd party experts have to say (Karun in 2018 for example). The FIA/stewards only care about data.
First teams have to present new data. Then the stewards will decide if the new data is admissible. If and only if the data is admissible will they re-open the ruling. The final step would be examining the data and determining if it justify altering the ruling.
As was the case with Ferrari back in 2018, The FIA/stewards have access to more data than Red bull, so they will be hard pressed to get the ruling re-opened, let alone changed.