Carlos Sainz questions Lewis Hamilton’s last-lap defence: ‘If you follow the rule book…’
Carlos Sainz reflects on his last-lap incident with Lewis Hamilton at the Miami𒐪 Grand🦋 Prix

Carlos Sainz was unimpressed with168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史: Lewis Hamilton’s aggressive defensive manoeuvre on the final lap of the F1 Miami Grand Prix.
At the end of th𓂃e race, Hamilton struggled with his medium ty🐎res, and he was under threat from Sainz heading into the last lap.
Sainz tried an ambitious lunge into the final braking zone at 🦩the end of the back straight at Turn 17.
Hamilton covered it o🌱ff aggressi♉vely with a sharp turn-in into the left-hander, resulting in contact between the pair.
While the stewards noted the incident, both dr💮ivers avoided a penalty.
The stewards ruled: “Car 55 attempted an ove🧔rtake on the inside of Car 44 into Tur𝄹n 17 and both cars made contact at the apex.
“The Stewards determine that both drivers contributed to the incident as Car 55 did not clearl🏅y 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.
were in the paddock: “No, I just, I think he obviously was doing the best he could to defend. I 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 tꦏypical, honestly. But obviously, if you follow exactly a rule book, he cannot move 🙈as much as he did, but on the last lap that’s how it goes.”
Sainz reveals Williams damage
Sainz enjoyed a sꦰtrong start to the race in Miami, moving up to sixth after overtaking teammate Alex Albon.
However, the Spaniard d꧟ropped back as he struggled with 🅘pace.
He lost out to 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Charles Leclerc and Hamilton shortly afte𝔍r the Virtual Safety Car.
Sainz revealed that he was nursing damage from ﷽the start o🎀f the race.
“Well, first of all, due to some operational mistakes during the weekend, we were forced to start on a used tire from 🌟qualifying while everyone around me was on a new, so I knew it was already going to put us in the back foot, losing a couple of tenths per lap in the first in new versus used,” Sainz explained.
“And from there, obviously, I tried everything to hold on the first stint. I picked up damage at the start with Alex. Then he made a mistake. I managed to pass him, then they told us that we were going freeze♑ positions.
“Then, I don’t know if he got the message or not,ꦿ but, basically, he overtook me back. From there onwards, on that first stint, I just tried to do everything to stay in contact with that group, holding on Charles behind with▨ a used tyre and damaged car.
“I think I was the first one of that pitted, the VSC came out, so it was a free stop for all of them, or kind of a short stop ♒for all of them, versus me, which meant, obviously I got pressure from them after the VSC.
“Had a few nice battles with the Ferraris. But with damage in the car I couldn’t stay close to Sector One with all the downforce and I couldn’t get the better of them in the in the battles. But o♔n the hard, the pace was decent, given the damage and how early I pitted. But just too many things going on today.”

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