Sainz to Start Home Spanish GP 20th After Three-Place Grid Penalty
The FIA said Williams failed to warn Sainz that Bottas was closing on a flying lap, costing him three grid places.
- On his home turf, Williams driver Carlos Sainz will start the Spanish Grand Prix 20th after receiving a three-place penalty for impeding Cadillac's Valtteri Bottas during Saturday's qualifying session.
- Sainz impeded Bottas through Turns 6 and 7 during the first phase of qualifying, with the team failing to alert the driver about the incoming car.
- The FIA stated the team "failed to inform the driver of Car 55 about Car 77 closing in on a flying lap," while the Stewards determined Sainz "unnecessarily impeded Car 77."
- Grid positions shifted as Spaniard Fernando Alonso of Aston Martin, Cadillac's Sergio Perez, and Bottas each moved up one place for Sunday's 57-lap race.
- Sunday's 57-lap race at the Madring marks the first Formula One grand prix held at the venue, with champion Lando Norris of McLaren starting from pole position.
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Motor racing-Sainz to start home Spanish GP 20th after three-place grid penalty
MADRID, Sept 13 (Reuters) - Carlos Sainz will start the Spanish Grand Prix 20th on the grid on his home turf after receiving a three-place penalty for impeding Cadillac's Valtteri Bottas in Saturday's qualifying session.
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Sainz to start home Spanish GP 20th after three-place grid penalty
MADRID, Sept 13 : Carlos Sainz will start the Spanish Grand Prix 20th on the grid on his home turf after receiving a three-place penalty for impeding Cadillac's Valtteri Bottas in Saturday's qualifying session.The 32-year-old Williams driver was penalised for impeding Bottas through Turns 6 and 7 during the f
Carlos Sainz has been sanctioned with three places in the starting grid of this Sunday’s race in the Spanish Grand Prix. The climb to the points seems more difficult if it fits for the Madrid rider, who after not passing the Q1 falls from the seventeenth place to the twentieth. The reason ... Continue reading "The climb, more difficult for Sainz: the FIA sanctions him for blocking Bottas and will leave 20th in Madring"
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