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Sainz: Racing incident with an inexperienced driver

Despite being hit with a grid penalty for the Russian GP, Carlos Sainz insists his clash with Lance Stroll was nothing more than a 'racing incident' involving an inexperienced driver. Sainz and Stroll pointed the finger at one another when they collided during last Sunday's Bahrain Grand Prix. The stewards deemed Sainz to be responsible for the clash and, as it ended his race as well as Stroll's, slapped him a grid penalty for the next race, the Russian GP. The Toro Rosso driver, though, still maintains that it was a racing incident. 'I obviously was quite surprised with the grid drop,' he said. 'I thought they were going to consider it a racing incident. 'Obviously in F1 when you are...
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