Aston Martin’s protest against the Chinese Grand Prix qualifying results based on Carlos Sainz’s participation has been dismissed by the stewards. Sainz had crashed during Q2 after spinning out of the final corner, hitting the wall on the inside of the track and breaking his front wing as well as damaging the hoardings on the barrier. The session was red flagged but Sainz was able to restart his power unit and the damage was light enough that he could then return to the pits for repairs and rejoin before the end of Q2.
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