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Sainz says 'strange' restart put Abu Dhabi podium in jeopardy
Carlos Sainz says his third-place finish in Sunday's climactic Abu Dhabi Grand Prix was put at risk by race control's "strange" handling of the event's restart. Sainz was in fourth position when the safety car was deployed with five laps to go following Nicholas Latifi's crash at Yas Marina's Turn 14. However, the Ferrari driver was tenth in line behind the safety car ahead of the race's restart. A train of five lapped cars positioned between race leader Lewis Hamilton and second-placed Max Verstappen were waved through, but behind the Dutchman, the lapped cars of Daniel Ricciardo and Lance Stroll, who were followed by Sainz, were ordered to remain behind Verstappen. "It was...
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