Liam Lawson was irked by Carlos Sainz “mouthing off” to the media about his driving when it was the Williams driver who was penalised for their clash at the Dutch Grand Prix.

Lawson and Sainz collided at the Zandvoort circuit after a Safety Car restart as the Williams man tried to overtake the Racing Bulls driver around the outside at Turn 1.

Liam Lawson: I didn’t mouth off to everybody about it

Additional reporting by Thomas Maher

Lawson , who by the letter of the law in F1’s racing guidelines, had the corner as he was the car ahead at the apex, closed the door on the Spaniard, and they made contact.

Both drivers were forced to pit for repairs, but Sainz’s day went from bad to worse as the stewards hit him with a 10-second penalty for being “wholly or predominantly to blame for the

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