{
  "id": 13672645,
  "title": "Sainz reveals startling private FIA confession after Singapore qualifying chaos",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/11/sainz-reveals-startling-private-fia-confession-after-singapore",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-10-11T07:14:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Yahoo Sports",
    "slug": "yahoo-sports",
    "url": "https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/sainz-reveals-startling-private-fia-071400550.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Carlos Sainz has revealed that FIA Single-Seater Director Nikolas Tombazis personally apologised to him following the controversy surrounding Sprint Qualifying at the Singapore Grand Prix. According to the Williams driver, the Greek acknowledged that human error affected the session and admitted that the decision to proceed with SQ2 despite the sporting unfairness was wrong.",
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "New Straits Times",
        "title": "Singapore not ideal for sprints, say Hamilton and Verstappen",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/10/singapore-not-ideal-for-sprints-say-hamilton-and-verstappen",
        "published": "2026-10-10T12:09:14.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Motorsport.com",
        "title": "How Hamilton \"tipped it over the edge\" with a setup change too far in Singapore GP qualifying",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/10/how-hamilton-tipped-it-over-the-edge-with-a-setup-change-too-far-in-13457619",
        "published": "2026-10-10T16:10:45.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Yahoo Sports",
        "title": "How Hamilton \"tipped it over the edge\" with a setup change too far in Singapore GP qualifying",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/10/how-hamilton-tipped-it-over-the-edge-with-a-setup-change-too-far-in",
        "published": "2026-10-10T16:10:45.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}