Carlos Sainz breaks little-known rule after securing victory in the Australian Grand Prix… but can YOU work out what it is?

Carlos Sainz broke a little-known rule after winning the Australian Grand Prix.

Sainz took advantage of Max Verstappen’s initial brake failure to secure the victory. Lewis Hamilton also retired after his engine failed.

Returning to action after missing the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix due to appendicitis, Sainz finished ahead of Ferrari team-mate Charles Leclerc, who was second, while Lando Norris finished third.

Ferrari’s Sainz, 29, who will leave at the end of the season, threw his gloves into the paddock as he celebrated.

As reported by SunSainz then appeared to ignore an official who was trying to direct him toward the weighing station.

F1 rules state that all drivers must weigh themselves before and after the race with all their equipment on. This is so that they do not exceed the minimum weight threshold of 80 kg, a current standard for health and safety reasons.

Sainz was not punished for the incident, with commentator David Croft saying on Sky Sports: “I’m not technically sure it’s allowed, but who cares.”

Martin Brundle then said: “You’re not supposed to go near your equipment unless (sic) someone puts a key in your pocket or something, a bit of extra weight.”

Verstappen had won the first two races of the season, in Bahrain and Saudi Arabia.

Commenting on his brake failure, Verstappen said: “Shit happens.” “It’s important that we understand why it happened and make sure it doesn’t happen again.”

‘We could see from the data that as soon as the lights went out, the right rear brake just stuck.

“The temperature kept rising, it was basically driving with the handbrake on. He already felt that it was very strange to drive the car in some curves. Faster.

‘While (during) the laps on the grid, the car was really perfect. I was very happy with what we were doing. But that explains that if the brake was stuck, that doesn’t help.

“We had a lot of good races in a row, a lot of basically good reliability and I knew the day would come when you would end up having a DNF and unfortunately that day was today.”