The chicane was in place when Northamptonshire County Council adopted the road 18 months ago.
If he did the chicane properly, he would never have crossed the line one metre behind Kimi.
Secondly, the judges had to decide if Hamilton sufficiently surrendered the advantage he had gained when cutting the chicane.
"We had a great battle and there was no need to take stupid risks, so I had to cut the chicane, " he said.
The chicane is supposed to allow only buses to pass, but monitoring by police over a week in April revealed 822 vehicles drove through the site.
And all 20 drivers took to the track for the parade lap on the proviso they would only pass the start if they got word the chicane was installed.
BBC: SPORT | Motorsport | Formula One | Seven teams boycott US Grand Prix
It may also examine the manoeuvre at the chicane itself, assessing whether Hamilton - who was half a car length behind Raikkonen at the time he veered off the track - could have avoided contact in another way.
Approaching the final chicane, he dived up the outside and was blocked by Raikkonen, forcing his McLaren over the run-off area.
After the lead had changed several times, Hutchinson seemed likely to win the race in the closing stages but the Englishman went wide at the final chicane which enabled Anstey and Porter to sneak through on the inside.
BBC: Robert Dunlop celebrates his 15th win at the North West
Mosley rejected a compromise plan that would have seen the race go ahead with the addition of a chicane to the Indianapolis track.
Byrne, who was sixth in the opening race, had other ideas and charged into the lead during the final chicane, beating Hislop by 0.043secs.
After making up an easy place off the grid, the temptation of going inside the two Ferraris into the second chicane was easy to understand.
The Englishman was battling with Massa's team-mate Kimi Raikkonen at the Spa circuit when he cut the Bus Stop chicane, resulting in him overtaking the Finnish driver.
Hamilton closed right up to Raikkonen on lap 42 but he fatefully cut the Bus Stop chicane after pulling out of a passing move at the end of the lap.
If the appeal is permitted, the court will have to decide whether Hamilton surrendered any advantage he gained by cutting the Bus Stop chicane when he let Raikkonen back past him on the pit straight.
In 2008, McLaren appealed against a time penalty given to Lewis Hamilton for passing Kimi Raikkonen after cutting a chicane at the Belgian Grand Prix.
He was accused of gaining an advantage by cutting the Spa circuit's Bus Stop chicane in a late-race battle with Ferrari's Kimi Raikkonen.
The teams emerged to say nine of them had agreed to race with a chicane at Schumacher's accident spot.
BBC: SPORT | Motorsport | Formula One | Seven teams boycott US Grand Prix
In the French race he was given a drive-through penalty for cutting a chicane and in Valencia last month he incurred a 5, 000 euros fine for being late to a news conference.
The Englishman was handed a 25-second penalty for gaining an advantage for cutting a chicane while battling with Ferrari's Kimi Raikkonen.
应用推荐