Spanish driver for Williams F1 Carlos Sainz acquired a 10 second penalty for a racing incident on observe at the Dutch GP, sparking some livid phrases from the “Easy operator.”
“He is simply so silly. Oh my god. This man, it is all the time the identical man,” Sainz stated over his group’s radio, in line with Sports Bible.
The Incident with Liam Lawson
The incident that prompted the outburst from Sainz got here in flip 1 at Circuit Zandvoort when Sainz’ automobile, on the skin of the nook, contacted Racing Bulls’ Liam Lawson’s automobile on lap 27.
Each vehicles sustained important sufficient injury that the digital security automobile was deployed to present time and house to clear the particles from the vehicles.
Race stewards argued Sainz didn’t get sufficiently alongside Lawson earlier than coming into the nook, or by the apex of the nook, and that Lawson had the precise of method. They gave Sainz a 10 second penalty to be served throughout his subsequent pit cease.
Sainz, identified for his often calm demeanor, was livid at the information.
“Who? Who will get a penalty? Me? You are joking,” he stated over the Williams group radio. “You are joking. It’s the most ridiculous choice of my life.”
The FIA additionally gave Sainz a two level penalty for the incident.
Sainz known as the penalties “an entire joke” in post-race interviews with the press.
“Hopefully it is going to include extra expertise to him, as a result of he is aware of he’s placing too many factors on the road only for an pointless maneouvre like he did. However on high of that, to then get that 10-second penalty for it, I feel it’s an entire joke,” he stated, in line with Planet F1.
However Sainz is not the one one mad in regards to the penalty. F1 followers throughout social media are fairly furious in regards to the incident and the FIA’s choice.
Fans React to the Penalties
One fan on X wrote: “Why the hell did Carlos Sainz get a time penalty for Liam Lawson being an absolute donut?!”
That is one thing Sainz does not perceive both, arguing there have been many races the place two vehicles raced facet by facet by means of that very same flip with out colliding.
“It’s a nook that enables to go two vehicles to race one another with out actually having to have any pointless contact,” Sainz stated. “However with Liam, it all the time appears to be very tough to make that occur.”
One other fan posted a video of the incident, arguing, “The truth that Sainz obtained a 10 for this clearly tells you that the foundations want a significant overhaul.”
The truth that Sainz obtained a 10 for this clearly tells you that the foundations want a significant overhaulpic.twitter.com/RjR7kApJuB
— Holiness (@F1BigData) August 31, 2025
Different followers on X tried to characterize how Sainz would possibly wish to react to the penalties.
Carlos Sainz pulling as much as the stewards workplace like pic.twitter.com/XIX9nl6VAE
— Francisca (@H7MILT0N) August 31, 2025
Sainz heading to the stewards after the race #DutchGP pic.twitter.com/stJ3k24oPf
— Mark Collins (@mark_collins09) August 31, 2025
carlos sainz visiting the stewards after the race for his little “speak” pic.twitter.com/d0lrglmzzF
— hallie //// (@WDCN0R4) August 31, 2025
