Lando Norris says it felt “frustrating and unfair” that Carlos Sainz got his original grid slot back for the Monaco Grand Prix restart because of Formula 1’s red flag rules.
Sainz had initially picked up a puncture after a clash with Oscar Piastri at the first corner, and his car skidded to a halt and appeared to be out of the race at Casino Square. But the pile-up involving Red Bull’s Sergio Perez and the two Haas cars brought out a red flag a few moments later, and served to give Sainz a lifeline. According to F1’s sporting regulations, the order for the restart “will be taken at the last point at which it was possible to determine the position of all cars.
“In terms of the way in which the restart order was determined, I think what the FIA did was the best thing to do,” he said after the race. “Also it is in agreement with the precedent, whereby you use the safety car line two when sector times are not available. I don't think using the mini sectors is a good way of doing that. “Obviously, the whole point that saved Carlos was that Zhou had not crossed the sector time at the time the race was suspended. Lucky Carlos.
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