Carlos Sainz will serve a three-place grid penalty for his involvement in the Turn 3 crash with Romain Grosjean and Felipe Massa.
Having lost out to Fernando Alonso in Turn 2, Sainz was trying to recover ground but failed to realise Grosjean’s Haas was on his inside nearly forcing the Frenchman on the grass.
As Sainz came across the front of the Haas he was pitched around, then colliding in the side of Felipe Massa’s Williams, ending both their races.
“I had a good start and was in P12, trying to overtake Fernando around the outside of Turn 2,” said Sainz.
“He got better traction than me out of there so I focused on positioning myself to try and attack him into Turn 3 and, all of a sudden, I touched with a Haas that was on my right-hand side.
“I have to say I never saw the car there, it’s simply a dead angle in my mirrors so I never knew he was there. If I had realised I was there, of course, I would’ve been more careful and left some space. Once we collided I was just a passenger, crashed into the wall and that was the end of my race, unfortunately.”
Sainz has openly apologised to Massa and Grosjean for the collision on social media and in the paddock, he wants to completely write off the weekend in Canada to focus on the rest of the season.
“It was a big crash, but I’m fine. Unfortunately, the whole weekend has been a bit difficult for us, starting with not being able to run in FP1, then yesterday’s qualifying and today’s accident. It’s now time to focus on Baku; luckily we have 20 Formula 1 races so we can forget this weekend!”
Twitter: Apologies to @RGrosjean and as a consecuence @MassaFelipe19 Romain was simply on my blind spot and never got to see him. Glad we are all OK! (@Carlossainz55)
