Penalty lottery

Toro Rosso man Carlos Sainz Jr has called for F1 chiefs to stamp out inconsistent penalty calls, which he termed as being “a bit of a lottery”. Sainz, who was given a time penalty for forcing Fernando Alonso off the track at the start in Mexico, said: “This is what F1 needs to understand, either look at it incident by incident or put in a fixed rule. Nowadays it’s difficult to know what will happen if you make a certain move that is a tiny bit on the limit. Us drivers need to race with a very clear thing in mind when we overtake a guy.”