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Sainz says ‘unacceptable’ pre-race oil spill caused Turn 1 chaos
Carlos Sainz believes the costly chaos that unfolded at the start of Saturday’s Las Vegas GP was likely caused by a pre-race oil spill from a parade lap car, an event that he said was “unacceptable”. As the field of drivers were introduced to the crowd in Las Vegas at the start of their parade lap, the car carrying Oscar Piastri emptied its sump on the track, on the left side, where Sainz was starting. Although marshals took the appropriate action by throwing cement on the streak of oil, traces of the latter were still visible when everyone lined up on the grid 90 minutes later. Sainz, who had qualified second but was demoted to 12th for changing the control electronics of his SF-23,...
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