Under normal conditions, one lap apart, Carlos Sainz and Charles Leclerc, the two Ferraris, should be in the battle for pole position in the Brazilian F1 GP against Verstappen and Red Bull. However, the rain changed the whole scenario and the script of what would happen in a crazy classification where Carlos Sainz finished 5th and Charles Leclerc, after a mistake in the choice of tires, was 1st -10.
In this way, Carlos Sainz will have to attack in the sprint race this Saturday (8:30 pm), with the aim of climbing up the places to reduce his loss in the starting grid of the race on Sunday, where he will be applied 5 penalty squares . for replacing the combustion chamber of your power unit.
“It was a difficult day for the team after a difficult qualifying. In Q3 we only tried once on the soft tires because the rain delayed it a bit and this Saturday we will start in fifth position. We will try to use the sprint race to recover some positions before serving the penalty for Sunday”, pointed out the Madrid driver, who will have Norris (4th), Russell (3rd), Verstappen (2nd) and a Magnussen who this Friday took the opportunity of his alive to take his first pole position, the first for Haas.
“Congratulations to Kevin and the entire Haas team on their first pole position,” Carlos concluded in a statement on his website.
Source: La Verdad
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