It was disappointing that Carlos Sainz learned on the plane that he had been punished in Austria. According to him, what happened is also a shame for F1.
Carlos Sainz was unhappy with his fourth place after last Sunday’s Austrian Grand Prix, feeling he could have been on the podium with better tactics. Then when he got on the plane to go home, he was only sixth…
The FIA handed out 12 time penalties five hours after the start of the race, as there was not enough time in the race to count and check the many abandonments. Like his seven teammates, Sainz was guilty of a 10-second penalty, and since he was the only one among the scorers to lose two places, he was considered the main loser in the whole situation.
in Silverstone Sky SportsHe revealed that it didn’t feel good to learn about the punishment afterwards, but in his opinion the whole sport was affected by the situation.
“It wasn’t good. I got on the plane and was about to take off when all of a sudden I saw the penalty. It wasn’t a great feeling… I just felt it was wrong for Formula 1 and for everyone, for a sport that puts so much effort into everything.”
He added, “These situations are still here and I think we need to find a solution to them. It is clear that we still do not fully control each case. We need a plan and steps to ensure that things like Austria do not happen again.” – said the Ferrari driver, who was notified by email of a 10-second penalty before his flight home.
In the meantime, he explained to the written press that the problem was that the FIA was moving too slowly in addressing track abandonments. “When you are registered, you don’t know why. They are late, you don’t know which circuit they refer to, because the FIA was not up to date, they just wrote it, but you can’t influence it. And when it turns out that many were not taken into account, it shows that something What isn’t working, they must fix it quickly.”
An urgent reaction is expected from those involved. “So many solutions have already been proposed, and for some reason we keep putting them off. It’s like there was an ultimatum, but you just turned it off and put it back instead of taking action and finding a solution to these pathways.”
“Now it’s time to act, whatever they want to do. I’d be happy if they left the rule as it is and installed a detection system, because at least with that they can see if someone has crossed the line and we can patch it up.”
Sainz confirmed that when he received a penalty in Australia, which was then left by the FIA despite Ferrari’s request for a review, he was furious, but now he was expecting something to happen. “The whole weekend was a chaotic get ready for the unexpected” – Tell. “It happened, we will get over it and next time I will try to help Formula 1 and the FIA to solve it as much as I can. It has to be, because the sport cannot afford another weekend like this, because it has never painted a good picture, nor has it been Good for the competitor or his team.”
Sainz stressed that the delay is also bad because the whole weekend could depend on it. “The problem is that I finished my lap in Q2 in Austria, and then we started to worry that I might have slipped off the track limits. You wonder if you’ll make it into Q3 or not. Should you put a new set of tires on to see if your wheel is a wearer? No? Well let’s go! Go, and then it turns out your lap was good and you’ve wasted a bunch of tyres, you’re a step behind in terms of the weekend. So they have to give feedback right away to the competitors so we can act accordingly.” – noted the Ferrari driver, who was forced to perform Q3 in a practice session on Saturday, on average due to a lack of soft tyres.
