Carlos Sainz will begin Sunday’s Components 1 Spanish Grand Prix from twentieth on the grid after FIA stewards handed him a three-place penalty for impeding Valtteri Bottas throughout Saturday’s qualifying session.
Sainz had a tough session, lacking out on Q2 by 5 thousandths of a second to his teammate Alex Albon and qualifying seventeenth.
The penalty, utilized for an incident at Turns 6 and seven, drops him three locations additional down the order.
The stewards confirmed a breach of Article B4.1.1 of the FIA Components 1 rules. They discovered that Williams didn’t warn Sainz that Bottas was close to on a flying lap, and Sainz took no motion to make manner for the incoming automotive. After reviewing video, timing, staff radio and in-car footage, and listening to from each drivers and staff representatives.
Williams retains the fitting to enchantment the choice throughout the acceptable closing dates.
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