Sainz went off on the remaining nook halfway via the second a part of qualifying which triggered a crimson flag stoppage, however the Ferrari driver was capable of get going and full a whole lap to return to the pits.
With minimal harm, Ferrari repaired Sainz’s automobile and obtained him again into qualifying, the place he progressed into Q3 and took seventh place.
The FIA has introduced that Aston Martin has lodged a protest of the qualifying outcomes over Article 39.6 of the F1 sporting laws, which states: “Any driver whose automobile stops on the monitor through the qualifying session or the dash qualifying session shootout is not going to be permitted to take any additional half in that session.”
The FIA race management messages acknowledged that Sainz had stopped on monitor through the crimson flag interval, earlier than he was capable of hearth up his Ferrari and return to the pits.
The rule is in place to cease drivers getting help from marshals or restoration autos to doubtlessly rejoin the session below a crimson flag, however doesn’t cowl the eventuality of a driver having the ability to proceed below their very own energy.
Aston Martin and Ferrari representatives are attributable to face the FIA stewards at 6pm native time on the Shanghai monitor.
Crucially, Lance Stroll was the motive force who narrowly missed out on Q3, setting the eleventh quickest time within the session.
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It’s probably that Aston Martin has protested in an try to get Sainz’s lap occasions deleted from Q3 and Q2, which might promote Lance Stroll as much as tenth on the beginning grid and demote the Ferrari driver.
Talking after qualifying about his crash, Sainz stated: “I simply did a easy mistake, hit the within kerb a bit too laborious, that threw me a bit off line, touched the gravel on the exit, clipped the gravel and spun.
“Then proper within the final second earlier than hitting the wall I managed to show the wheel a bit and crash in a greater angle than what I used to be. Within the path that I used to be going, in all probability this saved the day, as a result of it was wanting unhealthy at one level.
“From there on, did a really robust lap in Q2 to get better from that second for the boldness kind of again, for those who can name it like that, and put collectively some respectable laps.”