But even though he was in front of the line of the security car that determines who has a place in the queue, Sainz lost the third place on the road as Perez accelerated out of turn 2 and forced him to wide. Ferrari spoke to the race controller about the situation, as Sainz was in front of the safety car line meaning Perez would have to give back the position. However, despite clear television footage showing that Sainz was indeed ahead, the FIA delayed making a call on the issue and was not resolved until after the reboot. This meant that Sainz never had a chance to challenge Max Verstappen, who would be in front of him, and then both he and Perez lost ground as they swapped positions. Sainz was not happy with the situation as he felt it was too bad for the matches. “In the end, we created a mess that is unnecessary for me, given the fact that we did six laps behind the safety car and there were millions of opportunities for Ceco to let me pass and fight well in the restart,” he explained. Sainz. “If George Russell passed me by, for example, what would we do? Ceko should have allowed Russell and me, which would be terribly unfair to him, or then Ceko did not give me back the position because there is Russell between me and him and it is terribly unfair to me. “These are exactly the things that, as a sport, we need to keep getting better because I think we need to simplify things and just make it faster and easier for everyone to understand, even for drivers to go to races. . much clearer mind “. Sergio Perez, Red Bull Racing RB18, Carlos Sainz Jr., Ferrari F1-75 Photo: Mark Sutton / Motorsport Images Ferrari team boss Mattia Binotto agreed that the FIA was too slow to make the call, and that this was unfair to Sainz. “I think it took some time for them to decide and give it to the referees,” he said. “Finally, it seems that they made the decision when the safety car came in and it was too late to exchange before restarting. So it’s not their fault, but it seems that in such decisions, we have to speed up it was obvious and clear. “I think it could have been done differently and I think it would have been important to do it differently. “It would be much fairer and fairer to exchange positions before the restart, because that was the right position for the restart battle as well.” Read also: Sainz reckoned that the issue was something that needed to be addressed with the FIA to ensure that problems would not recur in the future. “This is our number one priority now that we have to talk to the FIA, because basically Cheko missed the opportunity to fight with me in the restart and I missed the opportunity to fight Max because he did not leave the position during the safety car. . , “he added. “We had a lot of rounds to do it. The FIA did not allow us to, and I think for the sake of racing and F1, things like that have to happen faster and they have to be more efficient.”
