In reaction to the FIA's rejection of its request to review Carlos Sainz' Melbourne penalty, Ferrari calls for discussions to improve the sport's policing.

The sport's governing body, whilst clarifying why the original penalty was awarded, threw out the Maranello outfit's request for a review because, as expected, the Italian team was unable to produce any new elements that were unavailable at the time.

In reacting to the decision, the Italian team has called for discussions to improve the sport's policing.

"We acknowledge the FIA decision not to grant us a right of review in relation to the penalty imposed on Carlos Sainz at the 2023 Australian Grand Prix," said the team in a brief statement issued on social media.

"We are naturally disappointed and felt that we had provided sufficient new elements for the FIA to re-examine the decision, especially in the context of the particular conditions and multiple incidents that occurred during the final restart.

"We are however respectful of the process and of the FIA decision," it continued. "We are now looking forward to entering broader discussions with the FIA, F1, and all the teams, with the aim of further improving the policing our sport, in order to ensure the highest level of fairness and consistency that our sport deserves."

Today's decision compounds a miserable Melbourne meeting for the Maranello team which saw Charles Leclerc spin off on the opening lap, and Sainz drop to twelfth, meaning the team picked up zero points just a year after the Monegasque claimed victory at Albert Park.

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1. Posted by Pavlo, 19/04/2023 14:45

"Firstly, I think that "adding seconds" is not appropriate for such cases. It was always controversial.
Normally drivers get advantage by trading one place for 5s, for Sainz he actually got 2 places incl. Gasly. But with the unlucky circumstance of Alpine crashing, it resulted in actual DQF.
Again, 5s for a crash is normally incredibly low... not only motivating to crash, but also not leaving space for smaller penalties for less serious craches.
Ideally I would leave time for single fouls - like crossing the lines or speeding. And invent something other for accidents.

With that, being Ferrari fan, I still believe that as long we have current rules in F1, penalty for Sainz could not be be anything different, and therefore is fair. He made a mistake that always costs 5s, it costed him 5s, he was just very unlucky with timing.
Also I honestly expected him to brake before the final corner (10 car length rule doesn't work after SC turned off the lights) and then accelerate full, hoping for people to be slow - with this he could end up earning points."

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2. Posted by Defiant, 18/04/2023 21:11

"I always enjoy relishing in the red ones misfortunes but that whole situation was a bizarre one. Should SAI get a penalty for an over exuberant accident, yes, should he get one for a lap that dissolved into the ether and apparently never even happened..... hmmm that dirty's the water a bit.
I'm sure DTS will be loving all of this.
@KKK, You are right about both of those statements. Only difference this time, is I'm now thinking that all the teams should be refusing to sign the Concorde agreement and creating a new formula like they pretended to do early this century.
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3. Posted by gator, 18/04/2023 17:10

"Stop crying, build a better car. Unlikely to do that, after 15yrs they still can't accomplish it"

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4. Posted by KKK, 18/04/2023 16:41

"If Enzo Ferrari was alive now, he would have threatened to withdraw his cars for the next race! Baku ?? not a race really, just a procession."

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