Alpine’s Jack Doohan, Kick Sauber’s Gabriel Bortoleto and Red Bull’s Liam Lawson have reflected on their battling drives in Saturday morning’s Sprint at the Shanghai International Circuit, after the three rookie drivers all experienced contact out on track.
For Doohan, the Australian driver made last-lap contact with Gabriel Bortoleto, relegating him to the back of the field – a move which saw him brought in front of the stewards, who handed him a 10 second time penalty and two points on his licence (although having finished P20, the penalty had no effect on Doohan’s race result).
Making a lunge to the inside of Turn 14 under DRS, Doohan was unable to sufficiently slow and turn his Alpine, resulting in contact with the rear of Bortoleto’s Kick Sauber, pitching the Brazilian into a spin.
While Williams’ Carlos Sainz was able to avoid the mayhem, Kick Sauber’s Nico Hulkenberg then damaged his front wing with secondary contact to Doohan’s Alpine.
