Inexperience, excess of impetus, normal concern of a son for a father… it can be described in different ways, but a innocent gesture of Carlos Sainz Jr. It could have been very expensive for his father in the Dakar.
During the third stage, to which ‘El Matador’ arrived leading the classification, the veteran pilot had to stop his march wasting 35 minutes to repair the left rear suspension of your Audi T1.
Before resuming the march at kilometer 213, Sainz Jr. he closed the door of his father’s carwhich can be considered as foreign aid.
The FIA decided to take action on the matter and investigate the case, but fortunately, since Carlos senior was not the one who asked for helpthe commissioners dismissed the sanction.
“The appearance of a son, being near a competitor’s car and helping to close the door It is not an initiative of the team or the driver.”reads the statement.
“Since this was not done at the initiative of a competitor or a pilot, cannot be recognized as a violation of the regulation“, he adds, qualifying that “the behavior of all members of the motorsport community should not raise any doubts.”
“Of particular importance is the fact that well-known people in motorsport are an example for everyone else,” he settles.
🤝 Last “good luck” from @Carlossainz55 to @CSainz_oficial and dad is off to stage 2. 🚗#Dakar2023 pic.twitter.com/s182nbzNpj
— DAKAR RALLY (@dakar) January 2, 2023
