Carlos Sainz He has the car this weekend to be very fast and aim for everything. However, an issue beyond his control left him completely out of contention for pole position and victory in Las Vegas GP.
The Spanish driver crashed at more than 300 km/h with the bottom of his car hitting the manhole cover. This caused serious damage to the vehicle, including the battery. It had to be replaced due to a knock which should not have happened, as the manhole cover should have been previously checked and adjusted correctly. But because of that he had to set up his third battery of the year and it cost him a sanction.
Despite not being at fault in said incident and the battery replacement being forced by a problem beyond his control and Ferrari’s control, The stewards decided to keep the 10-place penalty for this Sunday’s starting grid. Because of this, Carlos seemed disturbed.
“We seem to be competitive this weekend and I am looking forward to this Saturday. The bad thing is that they gave us a ten position penalty for Sunday because the manhole cover damaged my battery, among other things, and we had to change it. Honestly, I don’t understand it and I think an exception should be considered for what happened today, but we have to deal with it.”the Madrid pilot argued in a statement.
“A difficult day for us after the problem with the manhole cover in Free Practice 1. However, the team did a great job. Basically, they had to rebuild the whole car for Free Practice 2, and thanks to them we completed our program in the second session, so a big thank you to all the mechanics.”added Carlos, who had to return this Sunday.
Source: La Verdad
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