Sainz says Hamilton was in the wrong over last-lap collision but stewards clear both · RaceFans

May 5, 2025

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Carlos Sainz Jnr stated Lewis Hamilton broke the foundations when the pair collided on the ultimate lap of the Miami Grand Prix.

Nevertheless the stewards dominated neither driver was at fault over their conflict at flip 17, which occured as Hamilton resisted Sainz’s try to take eighth place from him on the end.

Sainz made a late transfer to attempt to go Hamilton on the within of the nook. The pair made contact after Hamilton turned in and the Ferrari driver stayed forward, reaching the ending line simply three tenths of a second forward of his rival.

However the Williams driver accused his rival of transferring too late to defend his place. “It was the final lap, I clearly went for it as I noticed a spot,” he informed the official F1 channel.

“I believe he reacted a bit to my transfer. It caught him a bit abruptly and he began transferring to the left throughout braking, which in the event you apply the rulebook to the letter, you can not try this as a result of that’s transferring beneath braking.

“However within the final lap, final nook, clearly, everybody’s going to be a bit on the restrict.”

The stewards agreed Hamilton moved reactively to Sainz’s assault but in addition determined the Williams driver hadn’t received far sufficient alongside the Mercedes driver on the nook. They subsequently dominated each drivers shared accountability for the collision and took no motion.

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“Automobile 55 [Sainz] tried an overtake on the within of automotive 44 [Hamilton] into flip 17 and each automobiles made contact on the apex,” they famous.

“The stewards decide that each drivers contributed to the incident as automotive 55 didn’t clearly get ready to have the proper to the racing line in keeping with the Driving Requirements Tips and on the similar time automotive 44 was the nook sooner than ordinary and subsequently impacted the motive force of automotive 55 in his overtaking try. No driver is deemed predominantly in charge for the collision and subsequently no additional motion is taken.”