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The governing FIA said in a statement on Monday
that Williams had asked for stewards to look again at three
decisions made at the April 29 Azerbaijan Grand Prix.
The FIA's international sporting code allows for that in cases
where "a significant and relevant new element" is discovered.
A first hearing will take place by teleconference on Tuesday,
followed by a second if stewards accept there is a new element.
The Baku stewards include nine times Le Mans winner Tom
Kristensen of Denmark.
One of the incidents was a clash at the second corner of the
first lap between Sirotkin, McLaren's Fernando Alonso and
Renault's Nico Hulkenberg.
Alonso's actions in limping back to the pits after suffering two
punctures were specifically mentioned.
The Spaniard ended up finishing seventh, one place ahead of
Williams' Canadian Lance Stroll who scored that team's first
points of the season.
Sirotkin, who was penalized for running into the back of Mexican
Sergio Perez's Force India, retired as a result of the
collision. The Russian also collected two penalty points on his
license as well as the grid drop.
Williams also sought reviews of Force India driver Esteban
Ocon's first lap clash with Ferrari's Kimi Raikkonen and a
tangle later on between Haas's Kevin Magnussen and Toro Rosso's
Pierre Gasly.
"There shall be a preliminary hearing to determine if a 'new
element' as defined in...the Code exists," the FIA said.
"This will be followed by another hearing to conduct the
review(s), if any new element is determined by the stewards to
exist."
The fifth race of the season, and first in Europe, is at
Barcelona's Circuit de Catalunya this weekend.
(Reporting by Alan Baldwin, editing by Pritha Sarkar)
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