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Carlos Sainz collided with Oscar Piastri at the Hungarian GP after cutting across the track during a tense battle with Fernando Alonso, sparking outrage over the stewards’ five-second penalty — a drop from the usual ten — that barely affected Sainz’s race. Sainz claimed he was unaware of Piastri’s position due to a malfunctioning blue flag system, but onboard footage proves he passed eight blue light panels and received radio warnings from his team. Piastri, furious, called it one of the dumbest incidents he’s seen, emphasizing that manual signals were working and that no excuse existed for the crash. The penalty, while citing visibility issues, cost Piastri the lead and ultimately his chance at victory — raising questions about whether five seconds is enough when it snatches a win from the grasp of a race leader.

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