{"id":81366,"date":"2025-05-07T08:24:09","date_gmt":"2025-05-07T08:24:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/81366\/"},"modified":"2025-05-07T08:24:09","modified_gmt":"2025-05-07T08:24:09","slug":"carlos-sainz-labels-lewis-hamilton-quite-typical-in-f1-rule-book-debate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/81366\/","title":{"rendered":"Carlos Sainz labels Lewis Hamilton ‘quite typical’ in F1 ‘rule book’ debate"},"content":{"rendered":"

Carlos Sainz says contact with Lewis Hamilton was to be expected given the Briton \u201cmoved\u201d when he saw him dive up the inside at Turn 17 at the Miami Grand Prix.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Ferrari\u2019s late-race swap between Hamilton and Charles Leclerc, the latter having initially given sixth to his team-mate before they were told to swap back, meant Sainz was all over Hamilton\u2019s rear wing heading into the final lap at the Miami Autodrome.<\/p>\n

Carlos Sainz: If you follow exactly the rule book\u2026<\/p>\n

The Spaniard made a late-braking lunge on his Ferrari replacement into Turn 17, but it was as Hamilton turned into the corner.<\/p>\n

Both cars survived the banging of wheels, with Hamilton<\/a> and Sainz<\/a> crossing the line seventh and eighth respectively.<\/p>\n

Sainz complained on the radio: \u201cHe moved a bit under braking there.\u201d<\/p>\n

It\u2019s a stance the Williams driver maintained as he told the media, including PlanetF1.com, that Hamilton moved when he saw the Spaniard begin to dive up his inside.<\/p>\n

And doing that, well, contact is \u201cquite typical\u201d then.<\/p>\n

\u201cNo, I just, I think he obviously was doing the best he could to defend,\u201d Sainz said.<\/p>\n

\u201cI had a go into the last corner. He moved as soon as he saw me dive. And that created contact, which I think is quite typical, honestly.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut obviously, if you follow exactly the rule book, he cannot move as much as he did, but on the last lap that\u2019s how it goes.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The stewards, though, didn\u2019t agree with Sainz as they announced that there\u2019d be no consequences for either driver as both had played a role in the contact.<\/p>\n

\u2018Car 55 attempted an overtake on the inside of Car 44 into Turn 17 and both cars made contact at the apex,\u2019 read the FIA stewards\u2019 verdict.<\/p>\n

\u2018The Stewards determine that both drivers contributed to the incident as Car 55 did not clearly get in a position to have the right to the racing line according to the Driving Standards Guidelines and at the same time Car 44 turned into the corner earlier than usual and therefore impacted the driver of Car 55 in his overtaking attempt.<\/p>\n

\u2018No driver is deemed predominantly to blame<\/a> for the collision and therefore no further action is taken.\u2019<\/p>\n

The contact capped a difficult Sunday in Miami for the four-time Grand Prix winner, who not only started the race on used tyres that he\u2019d already run in qualifying, but a clash with his team-mate Alex Albon at the start also damaged his FW47.<\/p>\n

While Albon brought his car home in fifth place, Sainz was seventh. It was, nevertheless, Williams\u2019 third double points-haul in six Grands Prix.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think we were in the battle with Mercedes and Ferrari, which is really encouraging,\u201d Sainz said.<\/p>\n

\u201cI truly believe, with a new tyre and no damage in the car, I would have been there in the fight for P5 given our starting position, so I\u2019d be disappointed that we didn\u2019t get there to maximise that pace this weekend.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut too many operational error, and we will look back at it and see how we can improve because I want, next time we have this competitive car, I want to be the one maximising it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Williams currently sit fifth in the Constructors\u2019 Championship, a position they last achieved in 2017.<\/p>\n

The team is leading Formula 1\u2019s midfield battle in the much-improved FW47 having worked to create a \u201cless snappy, more predictable\u201d car.<\/p>\n

Albon, who is in his fourth season with the team, explained the changes in the build-up to the Miami race.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think that the biggest thing for me is more just that the car is easier to be on the limit,\u201d he told the media, including PlanetF1.com.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s less snappy, more predictable, less sensitive to wind changes and in general that makes you able to deliver better laps more consistently.<\/p>\n

\u201cI still make the odd mistake here and there, it happens. But I feel like I can do a better job more consistently because the car is just a bit more driveable.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI was always really confident that we were going to make progress as a team,\u201d he added. \u201cI saw the areas and the philosophy of the car changing, and the ideas we were focusing on for this year.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe drove it on the simulator, and it was definitely better, but I think we found more pace in the car than what the simulator told us it would be. That\u2019s quite a rare and very positive thing to have.\u201d<\/p>\n

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