Ferrari's Carlos Sainz Livid After Penalty At Dutch GP For 'Saving Someone's Life'

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He thought the penalty was "a joke" because he had to avoid a McLaren mechanic during the pit exit as well. "I saw it in the car, by the time they released me it was clearly safe with Fernando but then I had to hit the brakes to not hit the McLaren mechanic who ran in my exit line," a frustrated Sainz told the media. "It was this braking that generated the unsafe release – if you can call it unsafe because I was clearly frustrated by it. I thought I had saved someone's life and not generated a dangerous situation." "The problem was this McLaren mechanic with a jack that ran into my driving line, I had to brake and I didn't get my pit exit right. Is it my fault? Is it my team's fault? No."

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Sainz went on to suggest Alonso ensured he was given a penalty saying the Alpine racer hit him because he had to brake to avoid hitting the McLaren mechanic. Sainz currently sits fifth in the Formula One standings while teammate Charles Leclerc is second behind Red Bull's Max Verstappen, who won on Sunday afternoon.