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Hungarian GP collision and penalty

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Hungarian GP Sainz penalties collision and penalty

During the first free‑practice session for the Hungarian Grand Prix on 24 July 2026, weekend, stewards cleared Carlos Sainz of any a code breach of the International Sporting Code in Friday’s free‑practice after reviewing his overtaking manoeuvre. In the same session move. Red Bull Racing was fined €400 after driver for Isack Hadjar exceeded the Hadjar’s pit‑lane speed limit, excess, and Max Verstappen was summoned but faced no further sanction. without penalty. On race day, day Oscar Piastri started from pole, overtook passed Lando Norris and led the opening early laps. While serving his second pit stop he encountered back‑marker Sainz, who was battling Fernando Alonso. Contact at Turn 2 on lap 38 caused Piastri to lose time, allowing Norris to inherit take the lead and ultimately win. Piastri later retired when due to a gearbox failure forced his McLaren to stop on the side of the track, after which he and criticised Sainz on the team radio. Stewards ruled Sainz wholly at fault for the lap‑38 collision, fault, imposing a five‑second time penalty rather than the usual ten seconds because limited visibility and noting a malfunctioning blue‑flag system had prevented him from seeing the approaching car. Both drivers acknowledged the signalling malfunction that left Sainz unaware he was being lapped. The issue; Piastri described the incident dropped Sainz to 18th place. as “one of the dumbest things” and “unacceptable”, while Sainz subsequently explained said he did could not see Piastri in his blind spot. avoid the contact.

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  1. 2026-07-26 19:20 UTC Hungarian GP collision and penalty
  2. 2026-07-26 17:37 UTC Hungarian GP Sainz penalties
  3. 2026-07-26 16:24 UTC Hungarian GP Sainz penalties

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