Carlos Sainz has proposed a radical Formula 1 rule change following the Austrian Grand Prix, particularly in relation to what followed Max Verstappen’s crash in qualifying.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
The Dutchman crashed at the penultimate corner on his final lap in Q3, with single-waved yellow flags being shown in response.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
According to the F1 rule book, a driver only needs to lift when passing through a single-waved yellow-flag zone, something George Russell did on a lap that proved good enough for pole position.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
It led to several drivers highlighting that a double-waved yellow flag should have been shown, with Sainz believing that even a red flag would have been appropriate.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
Sainz agrees that, based on the flag that was shown, Russell followed the rules perfectly, but he believes an incident of Verstappen’s nature should not be treated with a single-waved yellow flag.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
He is eager to raise the issue of qualifying in Austria at the Grand Prix Drivers’ Association, but he also wants to propose an idea.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
The Williams driver wants to see a rule introduced whereby a three-place grid drop is awarded to any driver who triggers a yellow or red flag in qualifying, something that impacts the grid positions of others and potentially strengthens their own.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
“I have a very personal idea about this that hasn’t been discussed among the GPDA yet, which I will potentially bring forward, and then we can maybe discuss whether it should be the case or not,” Sainz told select media, including RacingNews365. “I think this weekend, because it’s a sprint weekend, maybe we won’t have a proper meeting about it, but I think we should, because it’s clear to me, at least, that the situation should have been a double yellow or a red.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
“The way George handled it, I think, was perfect for what the rule book allows you to do, and he deserved that pole position because he played the rules to perfection. But I don’t think it should ever have been allowed to finish that lap, or to complete a lap in that kind of dangerous situation.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
“At the same time, if Max had been on pole after the first runs and then produced that crash, and there was a red flag and no one improved their lap, I think it would be unfair on George, Kimi and everyone else because the guy on pole would effectively be preventing us from improving our lap times.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
“Take Monaco, for example, or Baku last year, when I was on pole and was the first car out of the pits. I thought, ‘If I crash now, I’m on pole.’ So, we all have these thoughts and these second thoughts, and we all know how the rule book works.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
“For that reason, I think anyone who generates a yellow flag or a red flag in qualifying should receive a three-place grid drop. At least then you get penalised for it and are disincentivised from going flat out into something.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
“That wasn’t the case with Max because, obviously, I think he crashed due to a rear-wing failure or something like that. But I think we should somehow find a solution, and that’s my only idea: if you generate a yellow or a red, you should receive some kind of penalty.”\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Carlos Sainz has proposed a radical Formula 1 rule change following the Austrian Grand Prix, particularly in relation…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":777044,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[441],"tags":[49,48,2476,578,2479,2477,2480,2478,930,576,577,932,1885,2475,582,82],"class_list":["post-777043","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-formula-1","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-daniel-ricciardo","tag-f1","tag-f1-calendar","tag-f1-live","tag-f1-results","tag-f1-standings","tag-ferrari","tag-formula-1","tag-formula1","tag-lewis-hamilton","tag-max-verstappen","tag-motorsport","tag-racing","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777043","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=777043"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777043\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/777044"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777043"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777043"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777043"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}