Carlos Sainz has been airlifted to hospital after suffering a high-speed crash in third free practice for the Russian Grand Prix. The rookie suffered an off coming into turn 13 – which is preceded by one of the fastest points on the circuit –, with his Toro Rosso coming to rest deep into the softer Tec-Pro barriers nose-first. Though it remains unclear what ultimately caused Sainz to go off, replays shown him losing the rear coming into the braking zone of the turn 13 90-degree right-hander, striking the near-side barrier, before spearing straight on without appearing to scrub much of the speed off. Occurring with 25mins of FP3 remaining, the session was immediately red flagged, with...
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