Williams Method 1 driver Carlos Sainz has addressed his five-place grid penalty for the upcoming Mexican Grand Prix.
The Spanish driver was handed the grid penalty and two factors on his superlicence after crashing into Mercedes rookie Andrea Kimi Antonelli throughout the USA Grand Prix on the Circuit of The Americas.
As Sainz tried to go the Italian driver on the within of Flip 15, each lunged for the apex, resulting in a collision. Sainz was pressured to retire from the race, and whereas Antonelli was capable of proceed, he solely managed to recuperate to thirteenth.
The stewards decided that Sainz was predominantly guilty for the crash. “At no level previous to the apex was the entrance axle of Automobile 55 alongside or forward of the mirror of Automobile 12. Due to this fact, in accordance with the Driving Requirements Tips, Automobile 55 had not earned a proper to be left house on the apex.”
Sainz reacted to the penalty, claiming that Antonelli closed the door on the hole extra abruptly than he anticipated, inflicting him to slam on the brakes, however finally took possession of his half within the crash.Â
“It is a disgrace to finish the race that manner because the automotive had nice tempo right this moment. I had achieved the same transfer on Bearman some laps earlier than, so I attempted that inside line with Antonelli into Flip 15.
“He opened the road after which closed the door extra abruptly than I used to be anticipating. I attempted to react by slamming on the brakes to keep away from contact however it was too late and we touched. I used to be behind so I settle for my a part of fault and finally it is a disgrace because it value the race for each of us.
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“We have been fast so it hurts to not convert it into extra factors right this moment however we’ll bounce again for Mexico subsequent week.”
This was a disappointing finish to what had began out as a constructive weekend for Sainz. After qualifying seventh for the dash race, he transformed it right into a third-place end, securing six factors. He went on to assert ninth place on the beginning grid for the grand prix, however needed to stroll away with no factors and a DNF.
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