Williams driver Carlos Sainz has had two penalty points added to his F1 superlicence following his clash with Andrea Kimi Antonelli in the United States Grand Prix, the FIA has confirmed.<\/p>\n
Sainz had a mixed weekend in Austin, Texas, taking advantage of the collision between McLaren drivers Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris to finish an impressive third in Saturday\u2019s sprint race.<\/p>\n
Carlos Sainz gets two FIA penalty points after Antonelli collision<\/p>\n
The Spaniard followed up that result by qualifying ninth for the main event, reaching Q3 for the second time in three races.<\/p>\n
However, Sainz retired on the sixth lap after colliding with Antonelli\u2019s Mercedes at the tight Turn 15.<\/p>\n
The stewards found Sainz to be at fault for the incident with the Williams driver handed a five-place grid penalty for this weekend\u2019s Mexican Grand Prix.<\/p>\n
Sainz has also had two penalty points added to his superlicence, putting him on four for the current 12-month window.<\/p>\n
Analysis: United States Grand Prix<\/p>\n
\ud83d\udc49\u00a0US GP conclusions: Verstappen\u2019s big chance, more Piastri evidence, Ferrari culture clash<\/a><\/p>\n \ud83d\udc49\u00a0US Grand Prix driver ratings: Verstappen shines with Piastri anonymous<\/a><\/p>\n Sainz\u2019s previous two penalty points came following another incident with Antonelli having forced the Mercedes driver off track during the Bahrain Grand Prix in April.<\/p>\n The 31-year-old and his Williams team won an appeal last month against the two penalty points awarded to Sainz for a collision with Racing Bulls driver Liam Lawson at the Dutch Grand Prix in August, having branded the original decision a \u201ccomplete joke.\u201d<\/p>\n F1 drivers face an automatic one-race ban if they accumulate 12 penalty points in the space of 12 months, with former Haas star Kevin Magnussen becoming the first to be banned under the system, introduced in 2014, last year.<\/p>\n The stewards\u2019 report in Austin read: \u201cThe Stewards heard from the driver of Car 55 (Carlos Sainz), the driver of Car 12 (Kimi Antonelli), team representatives and reviewed video and in-car video evidence.<\/p>\n \u201cCar 55 attempted an inside overtake on Car 12 at Turn 15 and a collision between the two cars occurred at the apex.<\/p>\n \u201cThe driver of Car 55 maintained that he had expected the driver of Car 12 to leave him space at the apex but Car 12 turned in early and Car 55 locked brakes when it became clear that a collision was unavoidable.<\/p>\n \u201cHe suggested that the Driver of Car 12 ought to have anticipated an overtake attempt by Car 55 and left space to avoid contact.<\/p>\n \u201cHowever, at no point prior to the apex was the front axle of Car 55 alongside or ahead of the mirror of Car 12.<\/p>\n \u201cTherefore, according to the Driving Standards Guidelines, Car 55 had not earned a right to be left space at the apex.<\/p>\n \u201cThe Stewards therefore determine that the Driver of Car 55 was predominatly [sic] to blame for the collision and a penalty is applied accordingly.<\/p>\n \u201cAs the driver to be penalized did not finish the race a grid penalty equalling a 10 seconds time penalty is imposed.\u201d<\/p>\n More on Carlos Sainz and Williams from PlanetF1.com<\/p>\n \ud83d\udc49 Carlos Sainz news<\/a><\/p>\n