Carlos Sainz refused to rule out the possibility of incurring a grid penalty at this weekend's French Grand Prix.
The Spaniard was forced to retire last time out in Austria, as he suffered an engine failure as he looked set to race to second place. The power unit blowout was particularly dramatic as it led to his Ferrari quickly becoming engulfed in flames.
A visibly emotional Sainz was "lost for words" after his fourth DNF of a season disrupted by reliability issues and some rotten luck. The fact it came in the wake of his first ever Formula 1 victory at Silverstone a week earlier made it even more difficult to swallow.
