Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz Jr. ‘disenchanted’ about FIA’s attraction determination

Following an attraction and request for a Proper of Assessment from Ferrari relating to the five-second penalty handed all the way down to Carlos Sainz Jr. on the finish of the Australian Grand Prix, FIA introduced on Tuesday that they had been denying the attraction, and Sainz’s penalty will stand. As beforehand famous, the penalty dropped Sainz out of the factors, leaving Ferrari with nothing to indicate for his or her efforts in Melbourne after Charles Leclerc retired on the opening lap.

In a press release launched on social media, Sainz famous that whereas the incident is prior to now, he nonetheless believes that the penalty is “too disproportionate” and that he stays “disenchanted” by the choice:

Of their attraction, the group offered telemetry information from Sainz’s automobile, in addition to a press release from the driving force and different post-race feedback from different drivers relating to the situations on the finish of the race. Of their dedication, FIA maintained that not one of the data would have modified their preliminary dedication that Sainz was “wholly” chargeable for a collision with Fernando Alonso following a late-race standing begin.

That collision knocked Alonso nito the gravel, and set off a sequence of occasions that additionally noticed Alpine’s Pierre Gasly and Esteban Ocon collide and knock one another out of the race.

Following the choice Tuesday from FIA, Ferrari issued a press release that the group is involved with FIA, F1, and the opposite groups relating to how penalties are decided, the ”with the goal of additional bettering the policing of our sport:”

As famous in Sainz’s assertion, he believes that is crucial, declaring that “we have to be clearer for the sake of our sport.”

Many — myself included — believed that Ferrari and Sainz had an honest case at having their attraction totally heard, given how the FIA dealt with the collision between Ocon and Gasly on the finish of the race. Race officers heard from each drivers and decided that the collision was a “first lap” racing incident.

Maybe that’s the reason my days of working towards legislation got here to a detailed …