Mercedes right of review request over the result of the Monaco Grand Prix will be heard on Saturday.
It comes after Alpine successfully won its appeal which saw Pierre Gasly reinstated to the podium after having two five-second time penalties for speeding in the pit lane rescinded.
George Russell was one of five drivers - including Gasly - to be penalised for speeding in the pit lane, which teams believe were incorrect.
After Alpine successfully managed to overturn Gasly’s penalty, Mercedes is seeking to do the same for Russell.
Russell was hit with a five-second time penalty for speeding in the pit lane, but was handed a drive-through penalty after a Mercedes blunder meant the original punishment was not correctly served.
As a result of the double-whammy penalty, Russell dropped out of the points, marking a significant setback to his title hopes.
Mercedes has calculated that Russell would have finished as high as fourth without the penalty.
A Mercedes team representative is required to report to the stewards on Saturday 20 June at 8am UK time for a virtual hearing.
The hearing will be held in two parts, with the first determining whether the right of review is admissible and if there is “significant and relent new element which was unavailable to the stewards at the time of the decision concerned”.
Russell sits third in the championship, 50 points behind Mercedes team-mate Andrea Kimi Antonelli.
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