Haas may have made key error in right to review United States GP results

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The FIA rejected Haas’s right to review the results in Austin but may have used the wrong process to get the outcome they wanted.

Speaking on the Unlapped Podcast, journalist Laurence Edmondson has explained why there was no change to the result of the United States Grand Prix.

It was a surprise within the paddock when two weeks after the race in Austin finished, Haas made their issues with how the race finished known.

They suggested that several cars had consistently breached track limits in turn six and hadn’t been punished fairly.

That included Logan Sargeant and Alex Albon who both scored points for rivals Williams and is to this date the only race where the American has finished in the top ten.

Haas have fallen to the bottom of the Constructors’ Championship and even climbing one position will benefit the team greatly.

However, the right to review Haas made over the results in Austin made no difference as they couldn’t produce any new evidence.

It’s no real surprise given how long it took them to launch their review that the FIA didn’t find in their favour.

They’ve now got to outscore Alfa Romeo by four points in the final two races to avoid finishing bottom of the standings.

Right to review might have been wrong process for Haas in Austin – journalist

Speaking about the review, Edmondson said: “That’s kind of what we expected. It was an interesting summation by the stewards because they rejected Haas’s appeal, which happens a lot, you have to come up with something that’s new and relevant.

“There’s basically these things that you have to hit and it’s so rare that you hit the new bit, so it has to be something that wasn’t available to the stewards at the time.

“Now, Haas really just submitted onboard camera footage which was all available to the stewards at the time.

“And also, they did a right to review which is usually a right to review a decision. Now, the track limits alleged violations, there was no decision on them because they were let slide, that was the whole point of it.

“It was about the driver’s skipping the inside of turn six and so there were four drivers, Alex Albon, Logan Sargeant, Lance Stroll and Sergio Perez who Haas believed should have been penalised but weren’t.

“And so they did a right to review when really what they should have done was a protest so it almost seems like Haas got the wrong bit of paperwork and filed it to the FIA to start with.”

Haas efforts fail, but track limits still a big issue

It’s understandable why Haas submitted a review of the result in Austin even if they should have protested instead.

Track limits have been a concern throughout the season with the scenes at tracks such as the Red Bull Ring ruined by drivers consistently struggling to stay within the white lines.

Certain tracks do seem to cause more issues than others and there appears to be inconsistency from week to week.

Next weekend’s race in Las Vegas won’t have this problem given it’s a street circuit although there could be other issues in Nevada.

It’s set to be a thrilling weekend and Haas will hope they can record a very unlikely result and return to the top ten for the first time since Singapore.