{"id":3389,"date":"2026-10-04T06:20:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-04T09:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/en\/?p=3389"},"modified":"2026-10-04T06:29:17","modified_gmt":"2026-10-04T09:29:17","slug":"bortoleto-handed-10-second-sepang-penalty-after-contact-with-sainz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/en\/f1\/bortoleto-handed-10-second-sepang-penalty-after-contact-with-sainz\/","title":{"rendered":"Bortoleto handed 10-second Sepang penalty after contact with Sainz"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video class=\"video-js vjs-big-play-centered\" data-gp-vjs=\"1\" controls src=\"https:\/\/grandepremio-portal.b-cdn.net\/2026\/10\/Bortoleto-toque-Sainz-Malasia.mp4\"><\/video><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Bortoleto penalised after sending Sainz sideways at Sepang restart (Video: F1)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">News Summary<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Gabriel Bortoleto received a 10-second penalty following contact with Carlos Sainz.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The incident happened at the Lap 13 restart of the Bahrain GP in Malaysia.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Both drivers complained over team radio, offering conflicting accounts of the collision.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Gabriel Bortoleto received a 10-second penalty after contact with Carlos Sainz<\/strong> at the Lap 13 restart of the Bahrain Grand Prix in Malaysia. The Audi driver made contact with the Williams, sending Sainz sideways as racing resumed at Sepang.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The incident added another flashpoint to a disrupted <a href=\"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/en\/f1\/?utm_source=chatgpt.com\">Formula 1<\/a> race, following the rain delay, suspended starting procedure and subsequent Safety Car. Bortoleto and Sainz immediately expressed their frustration over team radio, each suggesting the other was responsible for the contact.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Bortoleto complained that Sainz had not left enough room<\/strong>, according to the radio message displayed on the television broadcast.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cMate, what the fuck?! He doesn\u2019t give me space there,\u201d Bortoleto said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sainz offered the opposite assessment, insisting that he had given the Audi driver sufficient space.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cFucking Gabi. Left him all the space in the world. Ah!\u201d Sainz said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The resulting sanction was a 10-second time penalty for Bortoleto.<\/strong> With the race still underway, its final effect on his finishing position remained to be determined.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The collision followed a chaotic opening phase in which <a href=\"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/en\/f1\/sepang-chaos-hamilton-stranded-and-leclerc-hit-by-software-glitch-as-f1-start-is-suspended\/\">Hamilton became stranded and Leclerc reported a software glitch as the starting procedure was suspended<\/a>. Once the race began, Bottas\u2019s excursion into the gravel brought out the Safety Car before the Lap 13 restart.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>GRANDE PR\u00caMIO<\/strong> is covering all the action from the Bahrain Grand Prix at Sepang.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">F1 today: FAQ<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Why did F1 cars lose power before the Bahrain GP in Malaysia?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The FIA identified a combination of low engine speed, low grip, wet-weather energy management settings and Sepang\u2019s sector configuration. It distributed a software update before the race and announced a full review with teams and power unit manufacturers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Can Kimi Antonelli win the F1 championship in Singapore?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">No. Antonelli leads George Russell by <strong>84 points<\/strong>, but even a Singapore Sprint and Grand Prix double would not secure the title. <strong>Austin on 25 October is his earliest possible opportunity<\/strong>, depending on his results and those of the remaining contenders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">When is the next F1 race, and is Singapore a Sprint weekend?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The next race is the <strong>Singapore Grand Prix on 11 October<\/strong>, with track activity beginning on Friday, 9 October. It is a <strong>Sprint weekend<\/strong>: Sprint qualifying takes place on Friday, followed by the Sprint and Grand Prix qualifying on Saturday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Audi driver receives a time penalty after sending Sainz sideways at the Lap 13 restart, with both drivers disputing how much space was available.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1020317106,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"42wp_featured_image_caption":"Bortoleto-Sainz incident at Sepang","42wp_featured_image_credits":"F1","42wp_featured_video":"","42wp_featured_image_hidden":false,"42wp_authors_list":[{"id":31,"location":""}],"footnotes":"","42wp_breaking_news":false},"categories":[5],"tags":[630,147,208],"42wp_author":[31],"class_list":["post-3389","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-f1","tag-bahrain-grand-prix-in-malaysia","tag-carlos-sainz","tag-gabriel-bortoleto","42wp_author-bernardo-castro"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3389","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3389"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3389\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3390,"href":"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3389\/revisions\/3390"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1020317106"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3389"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3389"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3389"},{"taxonomy":"42wp_author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/42wp_author?post=3389"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}