Posted On Jan 29
Carlos Sainz has branded the penalty that dropped him out of the points in the F1 Australian Grand Prix as “the most unfair I’ve seen in my life”.
The Ferrari driver was slapped with a five-second time penalty for pitching Fernando Alonso’s Aston Martin into a spin at Turn 1 at the final standing restart of Sunday’s chaotic race in Melbourne.
Sainz finished fourth on the road but due to the race ending under Safety Car conditions and the field being bunched up, the Spaniard was relegated down to 12th once his time penalty was applied at the chequered flag.
Sainz was left angered by the decision and only spoke briefly to the media, citing he did not want to receive another penalty for being late to the stewards’ office.
“Right now I cannot talk I’m too angry, too disappointed,” Sainz said. “I just cannot say anything.
“I prefer to go to a stewards, get the penalty away because I don’t think I deserve it and is the most unfair penalty I’ve seen in my life.
What do you think of the penalty? Was it fair or not?
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