塞恩斯无视黄旗被罚退五位，威廉姆斯错过赛季最佳发车位
威廉姆斯车手卡洛斯·塞恩斯因在阿塞拜疆大奖赛排位赛中无视黄旗被罚退五位发车，这让威廉姆斯失去本赛季最佳发车位。此前他在周五练习赛中也因黄旗违规被调查，但获情有可原处理后仅受训诫。
威廉姆斯车队的F1车手卡洛斯·塞恩斯因在阿塞拜疆大奖赛排位赛中无视黄旗，被处以发车位置退后五位的处罚。
这一处罚使威廉姆斯失去了本可成为车队本赛季最佳发车位的位置，超过了阿尔本在摩纳哥大奖赛上取得的第11位发车位。
值得注意的是，这一处罚出炉的当天，塞恩斯其实已经因另一起黄旗违规事件接受了调查并被判定违规，不过那次由于有可减轻情节，他只受到了警告。
塞恩斯和威廉姆斯车队最初是在周五上午练习赛之后，因第四弯的黄旗违规被传唤到赛事干事面前的。赛事干事裁定塞恩斯在黄旗情况下“未能充分降低车速”——但认为“在单黄旗出示到塞恩斯进入相关救援区域之间的极短时间内”存在足够的可减轻情节，因此避免了对他处以发车位处罚。
另一起发生在第三节排位赛中的事故则不存在这样的缓解因素。事实上，干事们指出，赛恩斯已经提前收到车队关于3号弯前出现黄旗的警告，但没有足够地加以注意。
所涉及的警告内容是“前方黄旗，前方黄旗，[兰多]诺里斯，只需抬一次油门，抬一次油门，然后完成这一圈”，随后几秒钟又传来明显的“解除—解除”——这似乎造成了一种局面，让赛恩斯认为黄旗已不再迫切相关。
“[赛恩斯]解释说，他打算在整个黄旗区域内表现出整体降速，”干事们在一大段解释中如此写道。
“他表示，他认为没有必要在直道上减速，而是打算在接近和驶出3号弯时展示自己的反应。他认为这是一种覆盖连续黄旗区域的‘整体抬油门’。他进一步解释说，最初引发黄旗的那辆[诺里斯的]赛车已经不在缓冲区里了，他预计黄旗会被撤下。
"干事们不接受这种解释。当连续的多个裁判分区都处于黄旗状态时，车手必须在每一个黄旗裁判分区内都表现出明显的减速反应。在后续分区中的减速不能追溯性地满足适用于前一个黄旗分区的要求。这一义务也不取决于车手自己对黄旗分区内特定路段是否仍存在原始危险的自行判断。"
迈凯伦车手诺里斯当时确实已经驶离了相关的缓冲区——但由于国际汽联干事们不希望车手自行判断黄旗的有效性，他们认为在相关裁判分区内缺乏任何"有意义的减速"已足以构成处罚的理由。"
除了这个从第九位降至第十四位的五位处罚之外，赛恩斯还被记了两分罚分——使他在12个月周期内的罚分总数达到四分。
在巴库排位赛之后，赛恩斯并不是唯一一位受到发车格处罚的车手。
凯迪拉克车手塞尔希奥·佩雷斯因为在第一节中阻挡迈凯伦车手奥斯卡·皮亚斯特里而被判罚退后三位。
干事们在报告中写道，佩雷斯虽然从车队那里"收到了两次无线电警告"，但由于"没有按照特定的交通管理指示来管理自己的准备圈"——即赛事总监要求处于准备圈的车手保持在右侧、避免在驶来的赛车前方蛇行穿行——他仍然迫使迈凯伦车手在18、19、20号弯路段不必要地松开了油门。
不过，由于阿斯顿·马丁的赛车接受了发动机部件处罚，佩雷斯实际上只会损失一个发车位置——从第19位退到第20位（他原本排位赛取得的位置），排在队友瓦尔特利·博塔斯之后。"
英文原文
Williams Formula 1 driver Carlos Sainz has received a five-place grid penalty for ignoring yellow flags during Azerbaijan Grand Prix qualifying.
The penalty denies Williams what was set to be its best grid position of the year, superseding Alex Albon's 11th place on the Monaco GP grid.
Remarkably, the sanction came on a day on which Sainz was already investigated - and found guilty - of a different yellow-flag breach, although on that occasion he was let off with a reprimand due to mitigating circumstances.
Sainz and Williams were originally hauled in front of the stewards after Friday morning practice for a yellow flag breach through Turn 4. The stewards ruled that Sainz "failed to sufficiently reduce speed" under the yellow flag - but felt there was sufficient mitigation to avoid the imposition of the grid penalty in "the very short period between the single yellow being displayed and Sainz entering the relevant marshalling sector".
No such mitigation was present in a different incident, recorded during the third qualifying segment. In fact, the stewards pointed out that Sainz received advanced warning from the team that a yellow flag was out on the approach to Turn 3, and simply failed to heed it sufficiently.
The warning in question was "yellow ahead, yellow ahead, [Lando] Norris, just do a lift, do a lift, and complete the lap" and then an apparent "clear-clear" that followed seconds later - seemingly creating a situation that led Sainz to believe the yellow flag was no longer acutely relevant.
"[Sainz] explained that he intended to demonstrate a reduction in speed across the yellow area as a whole," the stewards wrote as part of a lengthy explanation.
"He stated that he did not consider it necessary to reduce speed on the straight and instead intended to demonstrate his response when approaching and exiting Turn 3. He considered this to be a 'global lift' covering the consecutive yellow sectors. He further explained that the car [Norris] which had originally caused the yellow was no longer in the runoff area and that he expected the yellow flags to be withdrawn.
"The stewards did not accept this interpretation. Where consecutive marshalling sectors are subject to yellow-flag conditions, a driver must demonstrate a significant reaction to reduce speed in each individual yellow marshalling sector. A reduction in a subsequent sector cannot retrospectively satisfy the requirement applicable to the preceding yellow sector. The obligation is also not dependent on the driver's own assessment of whether the original hazard remains present within a particular part of the yellow sector."
McLaren driver Lando Norris had indeed vacated the relevant runoff by that point - but as the FIA stewards do not want the drivers to self-assess the validity of a yellow flag, they found the lack of any "meaningful reduction in speed" in the relevant marshalling sector was sufficient grounds for the penalty.
In addition to the five-position penalty, which demotes Sainz from ninth to 14th, he has also received two penalty points - taking him to a total of four for the 12-month period.
Sainz was not alone in incurring a grid penalty after Baku qualifying.
A three-position penalty has been assessed against Cadillac driver Sergio Perez for impeding McLaren driver Oscar Piastri in the opening segment.
The stewards wrote that Perez "received two radio warnings" from the team but still forced a needless lift from the McLaren driver through the Turns 18-19-20 section, by "not managing his preparation lap in accordance with specific traffic-management instructions" - namely the race director's order that a driver on a prep lap stay to the right-hand side and avoid weaving in front of incoming cars.
Because of the engine component penalties to the Aston Martin cars, however, Perez is only set to lose one position on the grid - going from 19th to 20th (the position he originally qualified in), behind team-mate Valtteri Bottas.
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