{"id":54761,"date":"2025-04-06T15:46:45","date_gmt":"2025-04-06T13:46:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gpkingdom.it\/54761\/shocking-sainz-fined-for-a-bathroom-break-heres-what-happened\/"},"modified":"2025-04-06T15:51:47","modified_gmt":"2025-04-06T13:51:47","slug":"shocking-sainz-fined-for-a-bathroom-break-heres-what-happened","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gpkingdom.it\/en\/54761\/shocking-sainz-fined-for-a-bathroom-break-heres-what-happened\/","title":{"rendered":"Shocking Sainz: fined for a bathroom break \u2013 here\u2019s what happened!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Surprise in the Williams camp: Carlos Sainz hit with a \u20ac20,000 fine\u2026 and the reason might just make you smile!<\/h2>\n\n

It hasn\u2019t been a smooth start to the season for Carlos Sainz<\/strong>. The Spanish driver, who joined Williams with high expectations, is currently struggling with disappointing results and an increasingly one-sided internal battle with Alexander Albon.<\/p>\n\n

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Shocking Sainz: fined for a bathroom break \u2013 here\u2019s what happened!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n

After three Grands Prix and one Sprint Race, Sainz has only scored a single point. Meanwhile, his teammate has impressed with consistency and pace, managing to bring the Grove-based team into the points in all of the season\u2019s opening races \u2014 a feat not achieved since 2017<\/strong>. It\u2019s a result that highlights Williams\u2019 progress, but also draws attention to Sainz\u2019s early-season struggles.<\/p>\n\n

The Suzuka weekend<\/a> followed the same trend: Sainz finished outside the points (P14)<\/strong>, also paying the price for a three-place grid penalty after impeding Lewis Hamilton during qualifying. A costly error in what was already a difficult race for the Spaniard. <\/p>\n\n

Yes, it\u2019s true: Sainz fined\u2026 for going to the bathroom<\/h2>\n\n

As if that weren\u2019t enough, Sainz was hit with an additional blow \u2014 a \u20ac20,000 fine from the FIA<\/strong> for failing to be present on time for the Japanese national anthem ceremony before the race. <\/p>\n\n

According to FIA regulations, the fine could have reached up to \u20ac60,000, but the stewards considered a valid mitigating factor: genuine stomach issues that forced Sainz into an emergency bathroom stop moments<\/strong> before lights out.<\/p>\n\n

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Shocking Sainz: fined for a bathroom break \u2013 here\u2019s what happened!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n

It\u2019s been a series of unfortunate events, combined with underwhelming performances, that have made this start to the season particularly tough for the Spaniard. The break before Bahrain could be a crucial moment for many \u2014 especially for the driver of car #55 \u2014 to reset and rebuild confidence and momentum. <\/p>\n\n

Williams has shown promising signs of improvement: now it\u2019s up to Sainz to prove he can be a key part of that journey \u2014 always remembering that, in Formula 1, you\u2019re only ever as good as your last race.<\/em><\/p>\n\n

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Photo: Williams Racing<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Surprise in the Williams camp: Carlos Sainz hit with a \u20ac20,000 fine\u2026 and the reason might just make you smile! It hasn\u2019t been a smooth start to the season for Carlos Sainz. The Spanish driver, who joined Williams with high expectations, is currently struggling with disappointing results and an increasingly one-sided internal battle with Alexander … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":54754,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[389],"tags":[],"piloti":[],"class_list":["post-54761","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-f1-en"],"acf":{"live":false},"fimg_url":"https:\/\/gpkingdom.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Screenshot-2025-04-06-alle-15.45.04.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gpkingdom.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54761","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gpkingdom.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gpkingdom.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gpkingdom.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gpkingdom.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=54761"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gpkingdom.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54761\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gpkingdom.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/54754"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gpkingdom.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=54761"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gpkingdom.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=54761"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gpkingdom.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=54761"},{"taxonomy":"piloti","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gpkingdom.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/piloti?post=54761"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}