Sainz found guilty of the same yellow flag offence twice in one Baku day: the FP3 warning he ignored
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What happened
Carlos Sainz was found guilty of failing to slow for yellow flags twice on the same day in Baku, first escaping with only a reprimand in FP3 before receiving the full five-place grid drop when he repeated the offence in qualifying. The qualifying penalty drops Sainz from ninth to 14th ahead of Saturday's Azerbaijan Grand Prix.
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