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Spain’s Carlos Sainz penalized for Spanish Grand Prix
Spaniard Carlos Sainz was handed a grid penalty for a qualifying infringement on Saturday, leaving him in the 20th starting position at Sunday's Spanish Grand Prix. The four-time Formula One Grand Prix winner was involved in the design of the new Madring, which will host the race. The Williams racer was found to have impeded
Williams Spanish found guilty because his team did not warn him of the approach of Valtteri Bottas (Cadillac) when he made his fastest lap on Q1
At the 2026 F1 Spanish Grand Prix, Williams' Carlos Sainz Jr. was given a three-place grid penalty. The stewards determined that Sainz Jr. had obstructed Cadillac's Valtteri Bottas during his attack lap in Saturday's qualifying session at Madring. Sainz Jr. qualified 17th and Bottas 20th, with both failing to advance to Q2.
Carlos Sainz's penalty costs him three places in the GP of Spain after having embarrassed Bottas. The end of the grid remains provisional....
Carlos Sainz was given a three-place grid penalty after stewards deemed he had obstructed Valtteri Bottas during the first part of qualifying for the Spanish Grand Prix.
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