Williams submits 'right to review' to the FIA after Sainz's Zandvoort penalty

18:08, 04 Sep

Updated: 20:10, 04 Sep

byKada Sarkozi

Williams has submitted a 'right to review' to the motorsport federation regarding Carlos Sainz's 10-second time penalty the Spaniard received at the Dutch Grand Prix.

Sainz was handed a 10-second time penalty and two penalty points for causing a collision with Liam Lawson last weekend in Zandvoort.

"It is important for us to understand how to go racing in future, and we are hopeful of a positive outcome," the British team's statement reads.

The driver from Madrid was unhappy with the decision of the stewards, and deemed the penalty unacceptable.

The stewards' report in the Netherlands argued that Lawson "had the right to the corner," and therefore the aforementioned punishment was applied.

Sainz 'firmly believes' in wrong decision

"I had the opportunity to go and sit with them (the stewards, ed.) for 15 minutes to analyse the incident," he told GPblog.

"As soon as they got all the evidence right and they looked at the places they needed to take the right decision, it was clear to me that I think they realised probably the decision taken wasn’t the best one.

"I still firmly believe it was a very poor penalty I received and a bad judgment, which can happen as long as you have the capacity to revisit it," he shared.

After submitting the 'right to review', the Williams team needs to provide 'significant and relevant evidence which was previously unavailable to them' to have the decision overturned.

Sainz driving his car after his collision with Lawson at Zandvoort

"If there’s been a misunderstanding or a lack of evidence or analysis, then there is still time to reanalyse it, reopen it, and change it. I do believe they had a very difficult Sunday looking back at it.

"They had a very busy afternoon, and maybe it was overwhelming because of the amount of stuff that happened in the race.

"I still firmly believe what I thought after the race. Now in a cooler-headed state, I still believe the penalty was not acceptable, and I made it very clear."