Germany consider position in series

Michael Ammermuller received a total of three penalties from two races at Sepang on Sunday, and Weber is disappointed that two of these punishments were handed out after the event.

Ammermuller was demoted from third to 16th place after the sprint race following a collision with Canada's Robert Wickens, while in the feature race he was given a drive-through penalty for a clash with Oliver Jarvis, and then thrown out of the results after the race due to another incident with Erik Janis.

Weber, whose team are the current champions, has come out in support of his driver though, and he believes that the incidents in the feature race influenced the officials to change their judgment on the morning's sprint race clash with Wickens.

"I find it extremely negative that the sprint race was assessed differently in light of the main race, long after the sprint race had finished," said Weber.

"I also don't understand why we were excluded from the main race, particularly as everybody involved could continue after the collisions, plus we had already been penalised extremely hard with a drive-through penalty.

"This unusually hard penalty means that we will have to seriously consider how we see our future in this series."

Despite a controversial debut for Ammermuller, Weber claims that the former GP2 racer will remain a part of the team's plans.

"Michael has my complete and utter support," he said. "I'm delighted that he is a member of our team, and furthermore, he will continue to do so.

"He sat in our car for the first time on race weekend after having tested just once for us nearly 15 months ago. I was very pleased with his first race for our team."

Ammermuller added that he felt that collision with Jarvis, which he was given the drive-through penalty for, was a racing incident.

"I wanted to overtake the British car after my pit stop in Turn 1, but I was too optimistic and we both spun.

"Nevertheless, our pace was good at the weekend, and we could have brought home a top result without the penalty."