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The decision has a bearing on the title battle between Mercedes'
seven-times champion Lewis Hamilton, who stands to inherit
second place in the race, and Red Bull's Max Verstappen who
would move up to ninth.
"We are now analysing data in order to decide whether to appeal
or not," said a team spokesman on Monday.
Vettel, a four-times world champion, was disqualified after the
governing FIA was unable to extract the required litre of fuel
from his car post-race.
Aston Martin gave notice of their intention to appeal at the
Hungaroring on Sunday night and have a 96-hour window to decide
whether to take it any further or accept the loss of 18 points.
"Since we had reason to believe that there was more than one
litre of fuel in Sebastian Vettel's car after the Hungarian
Grand Prix, we decided to reserve our right to appeal" said the
spokesman.
Vettel's car has been sealed and impounded by the FIA, with
Formula One about to start a three-week August break.
If Aston Martin do proceed, the outcome will also be closely
watched by those further down the pecking order.
Former champions Williams scored their first points since 2019
on Sunday to go eighth overall and ahead of Alfa Romeo as well
as Haas.
If Vettel is removed from the results, Williams would collect 10
points rather than six, a significant difference among
tail-enders for whom every point is a struggle.
Haas principal Guenther Steiner, whose team have yet to score in
2021, was sceptical about the chances of any eventual appeal.
"Maybe in the procedure to get the fuel out, there is
something," he told reporters on Monday. "If there was only that
amount of fuel, it's black and white. There is nothing
in-between.
"I don't know if there was an issue to take the fuel out and
they couldn't get everything out..."
Aston Martin boss Otmar Szafnauer said there should have been
1.74 litres of fuel left and suggested a problem with a pump.
The data will show how much fuel went in and how much was
consumed.
(Reporting by Alan Baldwin, editing by Christian Radnedge)
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