Williams has submitted a petition for an assessment right in the fine of Carlos Sainz for causing a collision with Liam Lawson in the Dutch Grand Prix.
Sainz was fined 10 seconds for contact with Lawson, which took place when he tried to overtake the Racing Bulls car around the outside of turn. The right front of the Williams made contact with Lawson’s left behind, and gave both punctures, and the stewards at the moment was that the front axle of Sainz’s car was not in front of the Axle of Lawson’s at the Apex.
Referring to the guidelines of the driving standards, the stewards added: “Auto 55 tried to stay on the outside of the car 30 and a collision took place. We believed that Auto 30 had the right on the corner and therefore Auto 55 was completely or mostly to blame the collision.”
Sainz searched the stewards after the race because he was frustrated by the decision and claimed that Lawson was crossing him, while Lawson himself said that the fine was entitled to the letter of the guidelines, but that he does not necessarily agree with those rules.
“We can confirm that we have submitted an assessment right to the FIA with regard to the fine of Carlos in Zandvoort,” said a Williams spokesperson. “It is important for us to understand how we can race in the future, and we hope for a positive result.”
No time has yet been set for the right to assess – in which Williams must show the rise of an important and relevant new element that was not available at the time of the decision – but the request is after Alex Albon has admitted his own uncertainty about the rules of Racing.
“I was the car behind, so I would say I had the best view,” said Albon. “I think that at the time on the radio, after I had arrived on the back the back, I said,” Ok, well, I think Liam is in blame “. It was clearly in default, from my point of view, from the back. I think I was told about Carlos’ penalty on the in-lap after the race, and that was also surprising.
“I think that as a driver you also have your version of the Inter-Combat rules, on top of what the FIA has. It seemed like a racing incident, and then, if something, a penalty towards Liam.
“I am not as clear when I go racing with a wheel-to-wheel that I am allowed to do and what I cannot do, and I play more under my own rules, which is an honest crack, what an honest defense is, kind of things. It works for me who does it that way.
“In general, the door is open to us to talk to the FIA, and they constantly tell us that this is the case, and that is the case. But it feels like the water in terms of knowing how to race. It is confusing to me.”
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