not a week has passed since the race of the Australian GP. Not one, and Ferrari has already made a move for the sanction of Carlos Sainz. The Maranello team has confirmed that they have already appealed the decision of the FIA and the Albert Park stewards for which they penalized with 5 seconds to a driver who went from being fourth to finishing out of points.
all for one touch with Fernando Alonso at the third Melbourne start. With everyone fighting for position, Sainz went too far in his fight with Gasly and he took the Asturian, who nevertheless he finished on the podium.
So 5 seconds. When they all enter the goal together went from being fourth to 12th and their great fight and scramble in Australia came to nothing. Meanwhile, other similar actions such as those of Stroll and Leclerc, and also those of Gasly and Ocon, were left without penalty.
So, appeal and wait: “I hope that the matter can be reopened and our version is heard”.
These are the words of Fred Vasseur, head of Ferrari, who hopes that everything came to nothing: “We have exercised our right of review. I can’t speak much, but seeing the Ocon and Gasly thing and other accidents… I hope we can defend ourselves and that this decision is reviewed in our favor.”
“Sainz ended up sunk. I understand. But we must insist on how complicated the work of the commissioners is, who have to make quick decisions. But we want to defend ourselves, for the good of our sport, because it did not affect the order of the race and to know the reason why some incidents were penalized and others not,” continues Vasseur.
Now it’s time to wait and see what the FIA says and decides, which has a good melon on its hands after a race that was tense and that seems not having lived his last chapter.
