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Sainz hit with Las Vegas GP grid penalty after manhole drama
Carlos Sainz’s Las Vegas GP weekend has gone from bad to worse following the stewards’ decision to hit the Spaniard with a grid penalty following his unlucky encounter with a manhole cover in FP1. Just nine minutes into the opening practice, the session was halted and later cancelled altogether after Sainz’s Ferrari and Esteban Ocon’s Alpine suffered terminal damage when they ran over a manhole cover – or rather a loose water valve structure during their early laps in FP1. The contact destroyed the underbody and chassis of both cars, forcing Ferrari and Alpine to build up new chassis and compelling the FIA to conduct a cautious inspection of the track to secure the remaining 30...
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