൩The championship contenders both ran wide at Descida do Lago on lap 48 of Sunday’s race 💦when Hamilton attempted to overtake Verstappen around the outside. 

Although Verstappen app🐎eared to push Hamilton off-track at Turn 4, the incident was only noted by the F1 stewards and no fuᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚrther investigation was carried out. 

The FIA's sporting code says: "Manoeuvres liable to hinder other drivers, such as deliberate cro♏wding of a car beyond the edge of the track or any other abnormal change of direction, are strictly prohibited. Any drive🌊r who appears guilty of any of the above offences will be reported to the stewards." 

Hamilton went on to successfully overtake Verstappen several laps later b🗹efore winning the race but Mercedesও boss Toto Wolff branded the decision not to penalise Verstappen “laughable”. 

Conversely, Red Bull team 🌊principal Christian Horner felt the s𓄧tewards made the right call and said the incident was simply hard but fair racing. 

A representative of the Mercedes team and up to three witnesses have been summoned to attend a video meeඣting with the stewards at 5pm local time (2pm) in Qatar on Thursday. 

This will determine wheth✤er Mercedes has the right to review the case.

“In accordance with [article] 14 ISC, this hearing is to determine whether the Right of Review exists in this case, i.e. whether ‘a significant and relevant n✃ew element is discovered which was unavailable to the parties seeking the review at the time of theꦯ decision concerned.’,” said an FIA statement. 

Red Bull Racing team r♌epresentatives have also been invited to attend the hearing. 

Verstappen holds a🔯 14-point advantage over Hamilton in the world championship with three races to go, starting with this weekend's first-ever grand prix to be held at the Losail International Circuit.