Toro Rosso driver Carlos Sainz Jr has been given a reprimand for driving in a “potentially dangerous” manner during second practice for the Canadian Grand Prix. The Spaniard was judged to have driven “unnecessarily slowly” on the back straight approaching Turn 13, thinking the Haas of Kevin Magnussen was on a slow lap. Magnussen was, in fact, on a timed lap and the resulting speed delta was “in excess of 200km/h”, with the stewards at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve believing it was a potentially dangerous situation. They opted to hand Sainz a reprimand, which is his first of the current season. If drivers pick up three during a season, they will get a...
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