‘Sport over, Carlos, soar out’: Sainz’s Williams catches fireplace earlier than begin of Austrian Grand Prix

Spanish F1 driver Carlos Sainz had a nightmare on the
Austrian Grand Prix
on Sunday after his Williams automotive caught fireplace earlier than the race even began. The incident compelled a 10-minute delay to the beginning and ended Sainz’s day earlier than he may even compete.

Sainz, who was ranging from nineteenth on the grid, reported brake points simply earlier than smoke began pouring out from the rear of his automotive. Moments later, flames had been seen. Fortunately, he was near the pit entrance and marshals rushed over rapidly to place out the fireplace.

“Sport over, Carlos, soar out,” Sainz’s race engineer Gaetan Jego mentioned on the staff radio after the automotive caught fireplace.

“There’s harm within the automotive, for certain,” Sainz reported. “The automotive is undriveable. Once I say undriveable, it’s pulling below braking, no load in high-speed. Undriveable,” Sainz mentioned after retiring from the race.

“We’ve simply seen that we had fairly a bit of harm on the ground, so we had been missing various downforce. We additionally had a problem with the brakes from the beginning of Quali, so too many issues going to on to really push round a high-confidence observe like this,” he added.

Followers on-line had been fast to react to the drama, with many poking enjoyable at Sainz’s misfortune. Coincidentally, Sainz’s automotive had caught fireplace on the Austrian GP final 12 months as properly. He was driving for Ferrari on the time.

Issues have gone from unhealthy to worse for Carlos 😩

He will not begin the race ❌#F1 #AustrianGP pic.twitter.com/WgUWGWnbxj

— Components 1 (@F1) June 29, 2025

Verstappen restires after crash with Antonelli

Max Verstappen
suffered his first retirement of the Components 1 season on Sunday after a collision with Mercedes’ Kimi Antonelli on the opening lap of Pink Bull’s dwelling Austrian Grand Prix.

The four-times world champion had began seventh on the grid, with Italian rookie Antonelli ninth, at a circuit the place he has gained a report 5 instances.

Antonelli, who clearly precipitated the Flip Three collision, additionally retired and the security automotive was deployed.

Antonelli 💥 Verstappen: Here is the incident 🎥#F1 #AustrianGP pic.twitter.com/hWuRLjZoxP

— Components 1 (@F1) June 29, 2025

“I’m out, I bought hit like loopy,” Verstappen, third within the championship going into the race, mentioned over the staff radio.

“Sorry about that, I locked the rear,” Antonelli advised his staff.

The retirement ended a run of 31 grands prix within the factors for the Dutch driver, whose followers throng of their hundreds to the Pink Bull Ring.

(With company inputs)