Carlos Sainz hits out at Liam Lawson and ‘complete joke’ FIA penalty

Carlos Sainz criticised Liam Lawson’s wheel-to-wheel combat at Zandvoort after being hit with a 10-second penalty for causing a collision.

Sainz was penalised after looking to pass Lawson around the outside of Tarzan after a mid-race Safety Car restart, but was adjudged by officials to be at fault for the pair receiving punctures.

Carlos Sainz: Dutch GP penalty a ‘complete joke’, Lawson incident ‘quite clear’

Additional reporting by Thomas Maher

Sainz attempted to pass Lawson around the outside at Turn 1 at Zandvoort, but with Lawson defending his position towards the exit kerb, the two made contact, suffered punctures and went a lap down as they crawled back to the pit lane.

The Williams driver was perplexed when told he was the driver to be penalised for causing a collision, with th