Surprised: Carlos Sainz didn’t think’ Las Vegas GP will face major penalties due to F1 mistakes.
Carlos Sainz didn’t think’ Las Vegas GP will face major penalties due to F1 mistakes.
Carlos Sainz caused extensive damage to his Ferrari when he hit a loose cap during the first short practice session of the Las Vegas Grand Prix, triggering hours of track improvement work.
Carlos Sainz was shocked by a 10th-place penalty that dashed his Las Vegas Grand Prix hopes.
The Spaniard was unlucky when his hatch came off a few minutes later in the first practice session on the newly built street circuit. This caused extensive damage to his Ferrari and delayed the second session of the day by two and a half hours.
Unfortunately for Sainz, the impact of the weekend will be long-lasting. His team made excellent repairs to the vehicle in time, restoring it to 2 FP, but several components, including the energy storage unit, suffered irreparable damage and had to be replaced.
This means you have exceeded the annual limit for that part that comes with Auto Grid Drop. In this case, Ferrari requested a special exemption because it needed additional energy storage due to its own negligence.
Carlos Sainz’s Ferrari was destroyed by a leaky cap during the Las Vegas GP.
Sky F1 pundits found themselves in the same position as the Las Vegas GP stewards as they sought to punish a brutal grid.
The stewards studied the rules sympathetically and tried to find loopholes that Sainz could use to avoid penalties. But in the end, he had no choice but to lose 10 seats in Sunday’s primary.
Commenting on the news, the Spaniard said: “Unfortunately, at the end of the session, the team said they could use 10 places for something that was neither my fault nor theirs.”
“Obviously my mindset has changed and of course my thoughts about the weekend and the holidays have changed. You might think it’s unbelievable and disappointing, but it’s not. We see each other often.
Fortunately, this weekend.
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Sainz was pleased with the repairs that got his team back on track.
And Ferrari set the fastest pace at the end of a 90-minute practice session, giving a good impression of what his team will be up against this weekend.
But that was due to his frustration with the rules and the FIA. “I think it was a great job by the team and the mechanics and I was able to participate in the session… I felt good,” he said. It is clear that we are relatively competitive this weekend.
“What happened to me today was a clear example of how sport can be improved in many ways.
The FIA, the teams, the rules…
if I don’t get a penalty it can be used as force majeure against me, but there will always be people who somehow make it worse for the individual.
And in this case, I think it’s my turn to pay the price.”
