FIA dismisses Sainz’s F1 Australian GP penalty review

Ferrari had appealed to the governing body for a right to review in response to Sainz being handed a five-second penalty for tagging with Fernando Alonso during the final restart of the Melbourne race.

This came as part of several restart incidents to ultimately cause the grand prix to end behind the safety car, with the bunched train of cars causing Sainz to drop from fourth to 12th in the final order as a result of his penalty.

Ferrari boss Fred Vasseur revealed…