Andreas Seidl has made no attempt to excuse Carlos Sainz for the accident that ended his Russian Grand Prix on the opening lap. Sainz crashed out at Sochi when he ran wide at Turn 2 and on attempting to return to the track while evading the marker blocks, he misjudged the angle of approach and caught the corner of the wall. It resulted in a poor Sunday for the McLaren team because Lando Norris, who had narrowly avoided hitting Sainz’s stricken car, ran over some debris and lacked pace throughout the race, eventually finishing in P15. As a result, McLaren’s third place in the constructors’ World Championship is under major threat from Racing Point, who have narrowed the gap to two...
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