The Latest Breaking News from Carlos Sainz

The Spaniard was given a five-second penalty by the stewards for causing a collision with Fernando Alonso at the chaotic restart after the second red flag, which saw a string of incidents generate a third red flag.

Alonso is no stranger to having strained relationships with F1 rivals and, according to one prominent journalist, the Spaniard has had another recent falling-out

Niels Wittich, in his first season as F1's solo race director, incurred the wrath of the Italian media for referring Carlos Sainz to the stewards at the Australian Grand Prix

Sainz made contact with Alonso's Aston Martin at the second restart with two racing laps to go, which spun his fellow Spaniard around.

In a radio message to his Haas team, Nico Hulkenberg could not hide how impressed he was with what AlphaTauri star Yuki Tsunoda had managed to achieve in one of the restarts in Melbourne

Carlos Sainz was given a late penalty for spinning Fernando Alonso which saw him drop out of the points from fourth, while Logan Sargeant received nothing for slamming into Nyck de Vries

An incident-packed Australian Grand Prix was, for those encumbered by a European time zone, certainly worth getting up for. Although another Max Verstappen victory was unsurprising given his and Red Bull’s advantage in the early part of the 2023 Formula 1 season, late chaos threatened to derail the otherwise settled…

Following the second red flag period initiated by the right-rear tyre breaking free from the Haas of Kevin Magnussen, Sainz clipped Alonso during the race restart on the exit of the Turn 1 right-hander.

Following the second red flag period initiated by the right-rear tyre breaking free from the Haas of Kevin Magnussen, Sainz clipped Alonso during the race restart on the exit of the Turn 1 right-hander.

Sainz was penalised for contact with Fernando Alonso late in the Melbourne race which meant he dropped out of the points positions after taking the chequered flag

The Ferrari driver tangled with Fernando Alonso at the second race restart of a chaotic Australian GP, sending his fellow Spaniard into the wall at Turn 2 before the third red flag.