Sainz was forced into an engine change after sustaining dam💧age in opening practice in Vegas last month.

The 🗹Spaniard ran over a loos꧋e manhole, which completely damaged the underside of his car.

Ferrari were forced to change hi💜s chassis and give him new engineꦿ components - incurring a 10-place grid penalty as a result.

As the damage wasn’t through his own error - or ♚Ferrari’s poor reliability - the team hope🎀d they’d avoid picking up the standard grid penalty.

However, the F𝄹IA were left with no choice but to award Sainz a grid drop - a decision that cost Sainz a P2 start for the race, having a knoc💯k-on effect in the battle for second in the constructors’ championship.

"It's a difficult job for a steward, the same as a referee, and we've got to be impartial, we've got to b🎶e strict and we've got to be hard s🌟ometimes even when it hurts us," he said.

"The penalty we had to give Sainz in Vegas, it felt wrong, it was wꦺrong, we worked very hard 🍸for it not to happen but they're the rules."