Method One stewards will hear Mercedes’ representatives on Thursday to resolve whether or not to grant their request for a assessment of the Sao Paulo Grand Prix incident between title contenders Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen.

Mercedes requested for a assessment on Tuesday on grounds that vital new proof had emerged since final Sunday’s race at Interlagos.

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Pink Bull’s championship chief Verstappen appeared to power Mercedes’ seven instances world champion Hamilton off the monitor as they jostled for the lead.

The stewards took be aware of the lap 48 incident through the race however concluded, on the premise of the proof that they had, that no investigation was obligatory.

Hamilton finally handed Verstappen 11 laps later and received the race however Mercedes workforce boss Toto Wolff felt the Dutch driver ought to have been handed not less than a 5 second penalty.

The stewards stated in an announcement on Wednesday that the listening to would decide whether or not the precise of assessment existed on this case.

The Mercedes workforce supervisor and as much as three witnesses have been required to attend a video convention at 17:00 native time (14:00 GMT) forward of this weekend’s Qatar Grand Prix.