(Motorsports news) Ferraris’ Sainz smashed his SF-23’s chassis, power unit, and energy store when he ran over an unsecured metal water valve cover. Following an incident at the 2017 Malaysian Grand Prix in which Romain Grosjean’s Haas suffered significant damage after the Frenchman collided with an unsecured drain cover, a precedent for compensation was established.

The US-owned team then worked with the Sepang organizers to arrange a monetary settlement. When asked if Ferrari planned to pursue financial recompense for the Vegas incident, Vasseur replied, “I will have a private discussion with the stakeholders of this.” Given that the race is internally promoted rather than by a local organization, that essentially means Liberty Media and Formula One.

Vasseur emphasized that Ferrari’s budget cap expenditure was impacted by the crash as well. The Maranello crew has been preparing an extra spare chassis since the accident, so next weekend’s flight from Italy to Abu Dhabi will result in additional expenses. “There is no provision into the budget or cost cap, for excluding the crashes,” stated Vasseur. “There are undoubtedly many other expenses.

In addition to the engine being dead, the loom, gearbox, and batteries were all destroyed. “Ferrari has a lot of consequences on the financial side, on the sporting side, and even on the stock of spare parts, and on the budget side for sure it’s not an easy one. There will be discussion,” Vasseur said, adding that he would also bring up the topic of damage from comparable occurrences that are outside the team’s control being placed outside the quota.

Making the choice is a another matter.” Vasseur further stated that although the marshals at the scene of the event saw the stray object on track and raised a yellow flag, they did not red-flag the session until a minute after Sainz had raced over it and stripped. “Ferrari ave to discuss about the circumstances of the incident also,” he added.

Ferrari had one minute between the yellow and red flags, and it matters to me more than simply the cover being off. “It indicates that they noticed something on track when they raised the yellow flag. And it took them one minute to raise the alarm. It seems excessive to me.”

When pressed on the subject, he stated: “The primary concern I have with this case is that, in my opinion, when you raise the first yellow flag, it indicates that you observed something; you do not raise the flag out of anticipation. “It means that the guy who put the yellow flag, and put the yellow flag also on my board, which is coming from the race control, it means that they saw something, and then they took one minute before they put the red flag, when it’s the straight line, and you have a metallic part, and you are at 340 kph.”

When returning to the pits after the red flag had gone out, Esteban Ocon damaged his chassis. Teams were not notified that there was debris on the track, according to Vasseur, who clarified, saying, “No, they didn’t speak at all. We were unaware of the cause of the yellow flag.

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