{"id":221875,"date":"2025-10-24T04:46:13","date_gmt":"2025-10-24T04:46:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/221875\/"},"modified":"2025-10-24T04:46:13","modified_gmt":"2025-10-24T04:46:13","slug":"sainz-brands-mexican-gp-penalty-completely-disproportionate-%c2%b7-racefans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/221875\/","title":{"rendered":"Sainz brands Mexican GP penalty “completely disproportionate” \u00b7 RaceFans"},"content":{"rendered":"

Carlos Sainz Jnr<\/a> strongly disagrees with the five-place grid penalty he carries into this weekend\u2019s Mexican Grand Prix.<\/p>\n

The Williams driver received the penalty for knocking Andrea Kimi Antonelli<\/a> into a spin during last weekend\u2019s race in Austin.<\/p>\n

The stewards ruled Sainz was \u201cpredominantly\u201d to blame for the collision. He argued a five-place drop was too harsh for an incident he only had a share of the responsibility for.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe decision that the stewards made of giving me a five-place grid penalty for here after what happened there, I found it completely disproportionate to what the incident itself was and exposes a bit the weaknesses in the rules that we have,\u201d he said. \u201cBut it is what it is, I have to take it.<\/p>\n

\u201cI obviously assume my responsibility for \u2013 or my share of responsibility for the incident. I wish we could have both continued the race, but I think honestly after looking at the data and all the onboards that we looked at, the fact that they still decided to give me [a] five-place [penalty] for here is difficult to understand, difficult to accept, but whatever, I\u2019ll take it.\u201d<\/p>\n

However Antonelli indicated he agreed with Sainz\u2019s penalty. \u201cI have a different view on the crash, Carlos has his view but it\u2019s what it is and now we move on,\u201d he said. \u201cIt was a shame because we were both in a decent position and obviously with the contact we basically ended both of our races.\u201d<\/p>\n

This is the second time this year Sainz has had to serve a grid drop. He received a three-place penalty at the Japanese Grand Prix for impeding Lewis Hamilton<\/a> during qualifying.<\/p>\n

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Sainz said he intends to raise the matter at the penultimate round of the season in Qatar when the drivers will meet to discuss F1\u2019s racing guidelines.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think it\u2019s not something to discuss in the drivers\u2019 briefing [in Mexico], because it\u2019s not like you\u2019re going to change anything. I think it\u2019s something maybe to discuss more in Qatar, where we\u2019re having a conversation about rules in general \u2013 about driving guidelines, I think they call them now.<\/p>\n

\u201c[This] is something I\u2019ve been quite vocal about. A guideline is not a rule. A guideline can help you to see an accident or try and evaluate an accident, but it\u2019s a guideline \u2013 it\u2019s not a rule.<\/p>\n

\u201cSometimes these guidelines are being applied for any kind of situation on track, which I find a bit interesting and not exactly the way I would judge an accident if I was a steward.\u201d<\/p>\n

Penalty box<\/p>\n

Did the stewards issue the correct penalty? Cast your vote below and have your say in the comments.<\/p>\n

Sainz’s penalty for his collision with Antonelli was:<\/p>\n

\t\tNo opinion (0%)
\n\t\tFar too lenient (0%)
\n\t\tSlightly too lenient (3%)
\n\t\tCorrect (68%)
\n\t\tSlightly too harsh (14%)
\n\t\tFar too harsh (16%)<\/p>\n

Total Voters: 37<\/p>\n

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