Carlos Sainz has pointed the finger at Fernando Alonso's radio complaints as the reason for his five-second penalty at the Spanish GP in Madrid. The contact at Turn 5 sparked tension between the two Spanish drivers.
FIA stewards handed Sainz a five-second time penalty for moving under braking and causing a collision with his compatriot at the start of the race. Alonso sustained front wing damage after making contact with Sainz's Williams.
Over the radio, Alonso voiced his frustration: “Yeah, he squeezed me into the wall. The start, he crashed into two people. Now, squeezed me to the wall on braking.” That referred to Sainz's earlier collision with Yuki Tsunoda in Turn 1, for which the stewards took no further action.
However, the stewards felt differently about the contact with Alonso. In their statement, they explained: “Car 14 [Alonso] was closing in on Car 55 [Sainz] on the approach to Turn 5 and was in the process of pulling alongside when Car 55 moved towards the right edge of the track after the deceleration phase had commenced, causing both cars to slightly make contact. The stewards determine that Car 55 moved under braking and should have left more space for Car 14 on the outside. The baseline penalty for moving under braking is a black/white flag. However, the stewards take into account the fact that both cars made contact and therefore impose a time penalty accordingly.”
Sainz was less than pleased with the penalty, despite it ultimately not impacting his race as the Williams driver later retired from the Spanish GP with damage caused by the clash with Tsunoda. “It’s the nature of that corner when you turn right. I think he complained on the radio, so he managed to get me a penalty, like always,” Sainz vented to media, including Motorsport Week. “I think the nature of that corner is always going to lead to these kind of crashes, because there’s only space for one. There’s not even space for two, and you cannot keep looking in your mirror while you’re doing a right-left, because you need to look forward. So at one point you need to focus on your own driving line. I don’t think Fernando was alongside me or anything.”
Alonso's perspective was that Sainz created an unnecessary collision by not leaving him room at Turn 5. “He had a penalty, no? So if they consider that enough, it’s good for me,” he said. “We didn’t finish, any of the two in the points, but yeah, I think that was unnecessary. It was plenty of room on the left. I was just on the wall on the right, 340 kph. I think it was not needed.”
This incident adds to the list of disputes between the two drivers, who have had intense battles in the past. However, both Sainz and Alonso failed to finish the race and score points, leaving the Spanish GP empty-handed. The tension between them became an additional highlight in an already dramatic race.
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