Ferrari request review into Carlos Sainz's five-second penalty at Australian Grand Prix

Ferrari have asked Formula One's governing body to review a five-second penalty that dropped Carlos Sainz from fourth to 12th in last Sunday's triple red-flagged Australian Grand Prix.

Team principal Fred Vasseur told reporters on a Zoom call that the request for a review was submitted to the governing FIA on Thursday.

"The process is that first they will have a look at our petition to see if they can reopen the case and then we’ll have a second hearing a bit later with the same stewards about the decision itself," he said.

"To reopen the discussion is the first step. The outcome of this will be up to the FIA. For sure we are expecting a review of the decision because it’s a petition for review. We are not going there to get sympathy."

Spaniard Sainz made contact with compatriot Fernando Alonso after the third standing start at Melbourne's Albert Park, spinning the Aston Martin around. The race was then stopped for the third time after the Alpines of Esteban Ocon and Pierre Gasly collided, with both retiring.

Sainz was third after the collision but the race was completed behind the safety car with cars reverting to their positions at the previous start and no overtaking allowed. Alonso ended up third.

Sainz crossed the line fourth but the penalty dropped him out of the points as the field finished metres apart. His team mate Charles Leclerc had already retired on the opening lap, the Monegasque racer's second no-score from three starts.

The stewards took no further action over the Ocon and Gasly collision, deciding it was a racing incident, and none also over a turn one collision between Williams rookie Logan Sargeant and Alpha Tauri's Nyck de Vries.

Still not quite over the chaos of Sunday...