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Carlos Sainz says Lance Stroll showed his inexperience in Bahrain clash

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Carlos Sainz says he was "surprised" to get a grid drop for his collision with Lance Stroll in Bahrain, an incident he does not believe would have happened against a driver with more experience.

The stewards found Sainz to blame for the incident which took himself and Stroll out of the race, a move the rookie Williams driver labelled "ridiculous". Sainz had just exited the pit-lane when he lunged down the inside of Stroll, who had already started turning into the corner.

Stroll later called Sainz's move "ridiculous", but the Spaniard thinks it was unfair to blame either driver for it.