Sainz’s emotional radio after learning of the Australian penalty

impotence. anger Disappointment. that’s what I felt Carlos Sainz. He made a run at Australia, the comeback after an untimely first red flag cost him positions. He attacked aggressively, with a good ride, to regain what was his, a fourth position where he could continue the desire for the podium. And with three laps to go, the red flag came that would stop the race. The appointment will be decided on another fresh start, with Sainz starting 4th. It was a messy start as everyone left after the formation lap after the ‘safety car’ so slow that they made it to their posts with cold tires. i pay Sainz.

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Carlos jumped in and grabbed Alonso. The race would stop at the same point due to an accident between Gasly and Ocon. It will again continue with one lap behind the safety car to the finish. Sainz has already been penalized 5 seconds for his contact with Alonso which will drop him from 4th to 12th place, from the points.

In the pit lane, the decision was announced to Carlos. He responded with great anger and couldn’t stop fallingdelighted, lowered his visor, trying to hold back tears while speakingfrustrated to see that all his efforts and work would go unrewarded, insisted that his team do everything possible to avoid that punishment.

Sainz’s radio, complete

engineer: “We have a 5 second penalty.”
The
Sainz: “No! This can’t be, Ricky! Do I deserve to be out of the points? No! No! It’s unacceptable. Tell them (race management) that’s unacceptable. They have to wait until the race is over. ” finish and let’s talk about it.”

engineer: “Received”.

Sainz: “No! Please ask him. Please, please, please, please, wait! Please wait to discuss it with me. Clearly, I don’t deserve the penalty, it’s too severe! Please, guys “Do something. Please. I still don’t believe it. We’re third and fourth and they want to remove me from the points because of that, because of the one-lap incident? It’s so unfair. I can’t believe they’re doing this to me. ”
The
engineer: “Clear, Carlos, clear. We’ll finish the race and we’ll talk about it here.”
The
Sainz: “Allow me at least let me discuss with the stewards in the stewards room.”

Engineers: “Of course, we’ll go and see them after you get out of the car.”

Why did they punish you?

The race direction does not want to be punished Gasly for his dangerous return to the track and subsequent accident at Ocon, considering that’s a career move. But he did something different with Carlos and he wanted to punish Sainz for an action that ultimately had no consequences, because Alonso will start 3rd on the last lap and Sainz, fourth, no affectations in general. But The FIA ​​does not penalize the consequences of an accident or according to the consequences of a penalty. He gives punishment by examining the action itself, in particular, without looking at anything else.

In this case, he did it with a penalty that would otherwise be minimal, 5 seconds. But the race seems to be over after thatthe ‘Safety Car’With the cars back together, those 5 seconds would take him from 4th place to 12th, losing valuable points and a good result.

Despite the fact that race management is usually very permissive to this type of action in the beginning, the stewards understood that Carlos had room to avoid the crash. They don’t think the same about Gasly. Sainz was penalized and the Frenchman, who took his partner to the wall, was not. A penalty that ended with disproportionate consequences for the man from Madrid.