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Sainz proposes penalty after Austria yellow flag row

Jul.3 The fallout from Formula 1's controversial yellow-flag handling in Austrian GP qualifying is continuing, with Carlos Sainz proposing an automatic penalty for drivers who trigger the incident. George Russell kept pole position after correctly following the regulations under a single yellow following Max Verstappen's crash, but many drivers and observers argued the FIA should instead have deployed double yellow flags or a red flag. Sainz, a director of the GPDA, now believes the rules themselves need changing. 'I have an idea myself, which has not yet been discussed by the GPDA,' the Williams driver said. 'I will possibly raise this and then we can see if we can apply this. It is...
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