Carlos Sainz 'victim' of rival's 'dream move' in F1 mayhem

Carlos Sainz has explained how he fell victim to an F1 rival attempting a "dream move" during the Monaco Grand Prix restart.

Sainz was set to score points for Williams in Monte Carlo, but at the Lowes hairpin on the red flag restart, he was tapped by Nico Hulkenberg's Audi into the wall, breaking his suspension before further contact at Portier with another car.

The Spanish driver felt Hulkenberg, a veteran of 13 Monaco Grands Prix, should have been more aware of the pinchpoint of the hairpin. 

"It was a very well-managed race up until the restart; we had very good, solid pace," Sainz reflected to media, including RacingNews365.

"We were en route to score another couple of points, but unfortunately, people at the restart decided to take stupid risks, and my race was over. 

"Turn 6 is a corner that we've raced around hundreds of times, and we know it always bunches up, and people going for the dream move sometimes get it wrong, and I was the victim.

"So it is very frustrating to throw all of the effort of the team and two points in the bin."

For his part, Hulkenberg received a 10-second time penalty from the stewards for causing a collision, which dropped him from ninth on the road to 13th in the final results, costing him a first points haul of the season. 

The German felt that the opening lap of the restart was "carnage" and that he did not initially agree with the awarding of the penalty.

"I obviously need to have my 'once-in-a-lifetime' moment, and Esteban [Ocon] was swimming around a bit, and I kind of had to avoid a crash with him," Hulkenberg said.

"Therefore, I ended up on the very inside, way up on the kerb, with full steering lock and then Sainz came around and we made contact. 

"It was carnage and pretty heated, it was difficult not to hit someone or something, but I do need to re-watch because I am not happy, I didn't agree with [the penalty] at first sight."