Liam Lawson accuses Carlos Sainz of 'mouthing off' after contentious F1 clash

Liam Lawson has highlighted the stark difference in the reactions of Carlos Sainz and himself following their clash at the Dutch Grand Prix.

Following an early safety car restart, Sainz attempted to overtake Lawson around the outside of Turn 1.

Lawson had a minor slide, which resulted in contact for the pair, sending both to the back of the field with damage.

Sainz was deemed at fault for the collision and was issued a 10-second time penalty - a decision the Spaniard took issue with as he pinned the blame on Lawson.

Lawson highlighted that he kept his emotions under control despite feeling he missed out on a potential career-best result at Zandvoort.

“It’s lap one on a restart,” Lawson told media including RacingNews365. “We have cold, hard tyres. We're all on new tyres after the safety car.

“It’s a naturally difficult corner. We're all coming in there on lap one. He's the car going for the overtake around the outside, and he didn't get his axle where he needed to get it.

“Somehow, I'm deemed as being aggressive, so I don't really understand it.

“It ruined my race. We were in a position to potentially have two cars in the top five. But I didn't go on the radio and mouth off to everybody about it, or to the media.

“It was his approach after that race, I don't know why he was so upset.

“If I was overtaking him, I would understand that he's more frustrated - but he was the car overtaking, and he got a penalty for it.”

Lawson also expressed surprise that Sainz did not reach out for a conversation away from the public view.

“I haven't heard from him,” the New Zealander stated.

“I would have thought, because of how upset he was, he would probably want to talk about it, but he hasn’t come to talk about it.”