Ferrari talks about ‘unacceptable’ incident for Carlos Sainz in Las Vegas

Ferrari talks about the “unacceptable” incident for Carlos Sainz during FP1 in Las Vegas. What did Ferrari have to say about Sainz’s issues?

Ferrari had plenty of work to do following a canceled FP1 in Las Vegas as [autotag]Carlos Sainz[/autotag] suffered major damage due to running over a drain cover. Sainz will be forced to take a 10-place grid penalty after taking a third new Energy Store during the 2023 season. It was a shocking incident that forced FP2 to be delayed until 5:30 AM EST on Friday morning.

Following the incident, Ferrari team principal Fred Vasseur talked about Sainz’s incident as it would set back the team by a decent amount. Obviously, Vassuer was furious about the issue as the track’s safety shouldn’t have become a problem on Thursday night.

“What [Carlos Sainz] said was ‘I hit something on track.’ He didn’t know exactly what it was,” said Vasseur. “The situation is that we’ve changed the monocoque, the engine, the battery – I think it’s just unacceptable. We’ve [expletive] up the session for Carlos. We have to change the chassis of the car. I think it’s just unacceptable from F1 today.”

Sainz was able to run in FP2 as the session was delayed due to work on the track. The Ferrari driver finished in second place behind teammate Charles Leclerc but his life will be harder during the main event. Ferrari has every right to be upset about the incident during FP1 as Formula 1 should’ve made sure the track was completely ready.

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