Carlos Sainz has criticised the obligatory two-pitstop rule that was applied for the Method 1 Monaco Grand Prix, as he felt it was too straightforward for drivers manipulate it by slowing all the way down to create a buffer for his or her team-mates to pit.
Each Williams drivers labored collectively to carry up the midfield which meant they might pit and never lose positions, leading to each Sainz and Alex Albon scoring factors in Monaco.
“In the end, you are driving two or three seconds off the tempo that the automobile can do. You might be finally manipulating the race, and manipulating the result a bit,” Sainz stated after the race.
“Round Monaco, it is too straightforward to do. Different tracks, with DRS and straights, you can’t do it. However at this time was very straightforward to do, for everybody.”
He and his Williams team-mate Alex Albon rounded out the factors after backing up the Mercedes’ of George Russell and Andrea Kimi Antonelli.
Carlos Sainz, Williams
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Annoyed with their blocking, Russell overtook Albon off-track, reducing the chicane and telling his race engineer he’d quite take a penalty than return the place.
“I fully perceive why he did it, as a result of I almost did it,” Sainz stated Russell, who acquired a drive-through penalty for intentionally reducing the chicane.
“Prior to now, there have been large penalties for manipulating a race. In the end, we’re not crashing, however we’re driving so gradual that we’re manipulating a race.”
Racing Bull’s Liam Lawson and Isack Hadjar additionally labored collectively, with the Kiwi making a buffer for his team-mate.
The Frenchman solely misplaced two positions when he stopped for delicate tyres and finally ended the race in sixth place. It was a double-points end for the staff, with Lawson ending eighth.
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