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Sainz's fiery incident compounded by ‘rolling' car

With his Ferrari engulfed in flames by the time a marshal was on the scene, Carlos Sainz wants faster action – but there was little more the marshals could have done with his car rolling. Sainz's Austrian Grand Prix ended in disaster, the Ferrari driver's engine going out with a bang as he chased down Max Verstappen for second place. A fire began on the right side of the car, minute to start with before the fire really took hold. As marshals began to run towards the car, it rolled back not once but twice as it was stopped on Turn 4's slope. That meant every time Sainz took his foot off the brake, the car rolled, but with the fire engulfing his car he eventually had to climb out. One...
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