Sergio Perez and Carlos Sainz escape punishment for late crash in Baku.
Perez and Sainz came to blows on the penultimate lap of the race while fighting for a spot on the podium when the pair tagged each other and were both sent spearing into the barriers at high-speed in a huge accident on the run to Turn 3.
Despite Red Bull seemingly pinning the blame on Sainz, the stewards took a different view, opting to dish out no punishment to either driver. The Stewards heard from the driver of Car 11 , the driver of Car 55 , team representatives and reviewed positioning/marshalling system data, video, and in-car video evidence.
Sainz passed Perez after turn 1 and was completely ahead at the apex of turn 2. With a compromised exit by Sainz, Perez pulled to the inside of Sainz. Sainz reported that he was aware of Perez to his inside. Perez, being slightly behind, was in a better position to see the relative location of the cars. But as the two cars approached the wall on the right at the exit of Turn 2, they were about 1m apart.
From the exit to the point of contact he move approximately one car width further away from the wall. Perez moved approximately half a car width further away from the same wall, being more parallel to the right hand wall.
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