Carlos Sainz completed the 2023 Monaco GP in third, however his race might have ended on the very first lap had the FIA’s rule e-book not bailed him out. After making contact with Oscar Piastri, the Spaniard suffered a puncture that dropped him to the final place, however owing to a crash between Sergio Perez and the 2 Haas automobiles, Sainz’s race was saved. Nonetheless, in accordance with F1 professional Tim Hauraney, the principles mustn’t have favored the Ferrari driver.
Perez’s crash introduced out the pink flag, and Sainz was in P20 at that second. He hobbled again to the pitlane, hoping to alter his tires, and in addition retain his P3 beginning place. And fortunately for him, each occurred.
All 20 automobiles hadn’t crossed the primary sector when the pink flag got here out. As per the principles, the race needed to be restarted within the unique order. This gave Sainz one other likelihood, which Hauraney feels he didn’t deserve. On the Nailing the Apex Podcast, he mentioned:
“It doesn’t make a ton of sense. You’re technically taking a driver who was basically out of the race, and now unexpectedly you’re giving them again their place.”
Hauraney identified how 4 different automobiles have been misplaced on the race’s opening lap. And people automobiles didn’t get to restart, though they crashed. Based on him, Sainz ought to have began from the again of the grid in consequence. However he isn’t the one one who feels the identical.
Andrea Stella reveals how shut Carlos Sainz’s weekend was to catastrophe
McLaren Workforce Principal Andrea Stella revealed that the FIA was very near sending Sainz to the again of the grid. All 20 automobiles hadn’t crossed the primary sector line by the point the pink flag got here out, however the margins have been very small.
Had an excellent first begin,however Oscar and I touched and had a puncture. I returned to P3 because of the crash (fortunately everybody was OK).Then it was a matter of managing tempo and never permitting Lando a spot to pit. P3 and really completely satisfied for Charles and the staff
pic.twitter.com/OhR2TzzgWJ— Carlos Sainz (@Carlossainz55) May 26, 2024
Stella, like Hauraney, advocated for Sainz to start out the race from P20 (P16 after the retirements) upon restart. Nonetheless, because the host of the Nailing the Apex Podcast Adam Wylde acknowledged, Stella had to take action, as a result of it could have ensured a double podium end for McLaren.
After the race restarted, Sainz didn’t make the identical mistake as he did on his first try. He drove a clear and mature race to cap off a powerful weekend for Ferrari.
