MOSCOW, Jul 8 The International Automobile Federation (FIA) will investigate the accident, in which the two-time world rally champion, the three-time winner of the Dakar rally-raid Carlos Sainz Sr., was injured, the president of the federation, Mohammed bin Sulayem, said on his Twitter. passing on the island of Sardinia, got into a serious accident. The current champion of the series, Swedish racer Johan Kristoffersson, crashed into the car of the leading Spaniard on a narrow section of the track. Sainz's car rolled over from the impact. «Dear Carlos, I'm glad you're safe. We'll check the crash report and look into the matter with our safety department at the FIA,» bin Sulayem wrote. The Spaniard left the car on his own but was sent for examination to the hospital, from which he was discharged in the evening of the same day. The culprit of the accident received a 30-second penalty, which puzzled Sainz. “Fortunately, everything worked out, although I was in pain. However, I am very disappointed with what happened on the track and that the culprit received only 30 seconds of the penalty. In my 40 years in motorsport, this was one of the most serious accidents, and it was not followed by due exemplary punishment,» Sainz wrote on his Twitter.
