Carlos Sainz cleared by stewards, keeps P3 finish in 2022 F1 Saudi Arabian GP. Carlos cleared by stewards.

The 2022 F1 Saudi Arabian GP ended with a yellow flag incident and after the race, the FIA had summoned several drivers to the race direction, including the two Ferrari drivers Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz, to make sure that everybody had actually respected the regime of yellow flags in the last laps due to the contact occurred between Alex Albon and Lance Stroll. There was a doubt that some drivers had not behaved correctly, both in a single yellow flag situation and – above all – with double flags waved.

Alexander Albon will have a three-place grid penalty for the Australian Grand Prix after the stewards ruled he caused a collision in today’s race. The Williams driver retired from the event after an incident with the Aston Martin of Lance Stroll at turn one on lap 47. The stewards decision, after evaluating the incident alongside the teams and drivers and also consulting video replays, was that Alex Albon was at fault for the crash:

“Car 23 [Albon] was attempting to overtake car 18 [Stroll] on the inside by braking late,” they noted. “In executing the overtaking manoeuvre, car 23 locked up and collided with car 18 at the apex of the corner. We determined that car 23 was wholly or predominantly to blame for the collision.” – the statement informed.

In addition to the three-place grid penalty, Alex Albon was given two penalty points on his licence. These are the first he’s collected since returning to F1 following his year as a reserve driver.

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The stewards also confirmed no action will be taken over the investigation which was announced into the yellow flag incidents during the final two laps of the race, which means that Scuderia Ferrari Spanish driver Carlos Sainz will keep his third place finish at the Jeddah Corniche Circuit. The stewards had noted Sergio Perez, Carlos Sainz Jnr and Kevin Magnussen may have failed to slow sufficiently for the yellow flags which were displayed during the final two laps of the race. However they later announced “after reviewing the data we determined that no further investigation or action was required.”