Vowles sides with Sainz: 'We need proper engagement from Albon'

It was not the smoothest of starts for the Williams pair as Sainz and Albon made contact on lap 1. On the dynamics with his teammate who then went on to disregard team orders and overtake him, Sainz had this to say: "[I] picked up damage at the start with Alex, then he made a mistake, I managed to pass him. Then the team told us that we were going to freeze positions," the Spaniard said to media including GPblog after the race.

After the flag had dropped, on his way to parc fermé, Williams race engineer Gaetan Jego was trying to explain the situation to Sainz when the Spaniard cut him off: "Yes, that's not how I go racing guys I don't care. I've lost a lot of confidence here... on everything."

After that, team boss James Vowles stepped in to reassure Sainz: "Carlos, no point on discussing this at the moment, but I agree with you. We need proper engagement from him (Alex)."