Sainz went off on the closing nook halfway by means of the second a part of qualifying which triggered a pink flag stoppage, however the Ferrari driver was in a position to get going and full a complete lap to return to the pits.
With minimal harm, Ferrari repaired Sainz’s automotive and received 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 automotive stops on the monitor in the course of the qualifying session or the dash qualifying session shootout won’t be permitted to take any additional half in that session.”
The FIA race management messages said that Sainz had stopped on monitor in the course of the pink flag interval, earlier than he was in a position to 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 probably rejoin the session underneath a pink flag, however doesn’t cowl the eventuality of a driver having the ability to proceed underneath 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 driving force who narrowly missed out on Q3, setting the eleventh quickest time within the session.
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It’s possible that Aston Martin has protested in an try and get Sainz’s lap instances 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 arduous, 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 route that I used to be going, in all probability this saved the day, as a result of it was trying dangerous at one level.
“From there on, did a really sturdy lap in Q2 to recuperate from that second for the boldness kind of again, for those who can name it like that, and put collectively some respectable laps.”