F1: FIA Introduces Significant Update to Right to Review Process

F1  teams use the Right of Review procedure to contest decisions, and the FIA recently made significant changes to it. The time window will be shortened, and a cost will be implemented as a result of this proposal. The new deadline for teams to request a Right of Review is 96 hours from the end of the competition, down from the previous 14 days. If approved by FIA stewards, an extra day can be added to this deadline.

Several teams in the 2023 season used the Right of Review, including Aston Martin for the Saudi Arabia race, Ferrari for the Australian race, McLaren for the Austrian race, and Haas for the Cota Race (USA). The other three cases were quickly rejected, but Aston Martin's case was the only one that succeeded. 

Section of the International Sporting Code that has been amended to include these changes now states: “The period during which a petition for review may be brought expires after 96 hours from the end of the competition concerned, except in circumstances where the stewards consider that compliance with the 96-hour deadline would be impossible, in which case the stewards may extend this deadline by no more than 24 hours.” 

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Regardless of the outcome of the appeal, teams now have to pay €6,000 in advance.

The International Sporting Code (ISC) recently updated its guidelines, which state that a request, “must be accompanied by a deposit amount of which will be annually set by the parent ASN of the international series; or by the FIA for its championships, cups, trophies, challenges or series.

“In addition, the deposit must be specified in the sporting regulations or supplementary regulations of the competition. This deposit may only be returned if the right of review is upheld unless fairness requires otherwise.”

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These revised rules apply to all FIA-sanctioned racing series; yet, Formula 1 instances have invariably garnered the most media attention and publicity.