Williams has been fined €5,000 following an unsafe release with Carlos Sainz’s car in qualifying at the Qatar Grand Prix qualifying.

Sainz continued his impressive second half of the F1 2025 season in qualifying in Qatar to secure seventh place on the grid ahead of Sunday’s race.

Williams fined over Carlos Sainz unsafe release after FIA investigation

As reported by PlanetF1.com , however, Williams found itself summoned to the stewards after qualifying due to a potential unsafe release in Q3.

Sainz was heard complaining of the sensation of “plastic on my tyres” over team radio, with the team confirming that “a sticker from the floor” of his car had peeled off.

After a post-qualifying investigation, the stewards have declared that Sainz’s ‘great difficulty’ in controlling the car on t

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