Williams reveal main reasons for Carlos Sainz penalty review

Williams team principal James Vowles has explained the rationale for submitting a right of review into Carlos Sainz's penalty at the Dutch Grand Prix.

The 31-year-old was handed a 10-second time penalty for his collision with Liam Lawson, which he served in the pits, before later being awarded two penalty points on his FIA super licence.

The pair came together at the first safety car restart at Zandvoort as Sainz attacked the Racing Bulls driver for seventh.

Having gone side-by-side through the first corner, the New Zealander suffered a snap of oversteer, causing the front right of the Williams FW47 to make contact with the back left of the VCARB 02, causing punctures for both drivers.

Sainz immediately branded Lawson "stupid" over team radio for the incident, but the stewards took a different view.

The clash ruined both their afternoons, with Lawson leading home the Spaniard in P12 and P13, respectively.

The latter feels the decision and punishment by the stewards was "not acceptable", with Williams wanting the outcome given a second - and closer - look. At Monza, his boss detailed why.

"For me, if you look on board from Lawson, not from Carlos, you'll see that his head is completely in the mirrors," Vowles told Sky Sports F1.

"He's not looking straight ahead. He's looking at the mirrors that point in time. And as the car washes out, it gets into the turbulent flow of the Ferrari, and he snaps.

"So you can see it there on board from Carlos, but the car doesn't move laterally in a smooth way of opening the wheel. It fundamentally snaps a metre across the track into Carlos.

"And if you open the wheel up, the other car will back out the way. If there's a sudden motion that effectively puts you in a situation where an accident happens, that, for me, is a racing incident."

Twofold rationale for the right of review

Williams is not seeking to have the outcome of the race altered. Even if Sainz had not served his penalty, he would have finished the race down the order, and 10 seconds cannot be removed from his race time as the late safety car for Lando Norris' retirement would elevate him into the points, which he would not have earned anyway.

Instead, the Grove-based squad wants to first have the super licence points added to the four-time grand prix winner's record rescinded.

Second, it wants to establish greater clarity surrounding the specific area of the racing guidelines that saw Sainz punished in the first place.

"Lawson didn't intend on hitting Carlos," Vowles added. "Also, Carlos wasn't doing anything more than putting the car there, waiting for the moment, pushing Lawson offside, then to get back and underneath him again.

"So what's important for me is: a) there's two points on Carlos' [FIA super] licence.

"But more importantly, I'd like to have just a straightforward conversation so we all know how to go racing in the future. If this is deemed, this is how we go racing, then at least we have clarity over that."