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“I still don’t know why in these conditions we keep risking having a tractor on track, because it’s just worthless,” Sainz said. “If you’re going to red flag it anyway, why risk it?

The FIA have issued a statement explaining why the tractor was on the track and added that the race had been red-flagged by the time Gasly came across the vehicles by the side of the track.

“In relation to the recovery of the incident on lap three, the Safety Car had been deployed and the race neutralised. Car 10 [Gasly], which had collected damage and pitted behind the Safety Car, was then driving at high speed to catch up to the field.

“As conditions were deteriorating, the red flag was shown before car 10 passed the location of the incident where it had been damaged the previous lap.”