Sainz: ‘We drove faster than I expected’

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Alonso fears that he will have to punish again later: ‘I hope it is not too broken’

Carlos Sainz was left feeling that they missed a golden opportunity at Ferrari in the Italian GP. Both he and Charles Leclerc could have won, especially his partner, but the end after the safety car and his own penalty weighed heavily on them. “We were driving faster than I expected, we were going very fast and I could practically overtake one car per lap and because of that I was able to lose little time and quickly get behind Russell, who was my target,” said the Madrid man. “We were cutting a lot in those last laps until finally the ‘safety car’ came out and we couldn’t, but we were going really fast. We caught up a lot and it was fun.”

Seeing Ferrari competitive is great news for Sainz and the battle with Russell was evident until that final safety car. “He would have stalled on the last lap, he would have tried to overtake him and from then on it would be unknown, but we took more than a second off him per lap and that assured us in the simulation that we could see his tail. he assured.

In short, it was a great weekend for them. “We have been much closer. If I hadn’t had a penalty this weekend we would have had a mixed strategy on both cars and we would have put a lot more pressure on Max (Verstappen) and it would have been a better option for both of us, but in the end I wasn’t there and Max was able to answer Leclerc. Let’s see if these penalties are over and the fact that I’m there can put more pressure on Max,” he concluded.

Fernando Alonso, for his part, equaled the record for major trophies played, but was unable to celebrate by extending his run of points. An untimely failure in the power unit forced him to leave, fearing it would go further. “I had an energy problem in the bike the whole race, it cut very early on the straights and it was hard to keep up the fight. In the end we withdrew the car for I don’t know exactly what problem, but also something with the engine. Hopefully it’s not too broken to be able to use it in the next races,” the Spaniard wished.

The malfunction, in particular, seemed electrical. “The power went out before the end of the straight, on the radio you don’t want them to hear you have a problem, but I knew I had something,” he said. Now to think of Singapore, where he will become the solo driver with the most races in Formula 1 history. “It seems the tires held up more, we were yellow in 32-33. Too bad, we haven’t been fast in the race and we will have to wait for Singapore to arrive in our best shape,” he admitted.

Source: La Verdad

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