Sainz: “If I start at this level in 2023, I will be in the fight from the beginning”

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I am promoting it Carlos Sainz in Mundo Deportivo from Brazil, which after a long and difficult period of adaptation to the car under the new 2022 regulations, has made a lot of progress and the current one can be a good starting point to fight from beginning for F1 World Cup 2023. and his career Brazil He just confirmed. He nailed it in the sprint race with a superb second place after starting 5th. And this Sunday, the Spaniard had another perfect race, which came down after another stroke of bad luck. The first incidents of hamilton Y Verstappen and between Norris and Leclerc they left him in third position, as only one of those at the top with the best strategy, with medium rubber. But the Spaniard had to walk changed by having a visor protector on one of his brakes. He had to enter the pits first to change tires, as soon as possible, and opt for a 3-stop strategy which this Sunday was not the best. He threw everything into his fight with Pérez and the battle for the podium will be tight. But he finally took advantage of a ‘Safety Vehicle’ to stop and start on the last restart with 11 laps remaining, clinging to Pérez with the better tire. Thus, he achieved third position in a weekend that he described as “the most complete of the year” due to the speed of his race and a turn.

“This weekend has been the most complete (for him) in terms of race pace and qualifying and everything. The truth is that my pace is fast, I am at a level above all confident for next year that if I can start year at this level I will be in the fight from the start and I am obviously proud of the progress we have made during the season,” he told ‘DAZN F1’.

PROBLEM AND RETURN

“I think overall it was a good race. We had problems at the start with the brakes, which burned. We had to stop early and then we had to choose three stops, which was not the best option because of the breakdown, but I was able to shoot to the death to get to Checo. We were able to attack Checo and it was a good podium. After starting 7th I think we can be happy with that and it’s a shame Mercedes is fast. But congrats to George.”

THE BATTLE FOR 2ND IN THE CONSTRUCTORS’ WORLD CUP

“We’re in a bit of a defensive mode, because Mercedes can’t be touched right now, they’re faster than the other cars, than the Red Bulls and us, and they’ve been like this for a few weekends, so in Abu Dhabi we can. expect to win We have to go to limit the damage or go for victory.”

GOOD RHYTHM

“Mercedes was a bit higher, but not as we expected. There were some stints there in the race where I was able to match their pace and even be a bit faster. The truth is that our race was not perfect after the problem with brake disc and had to stop as soon as possible. We had to go to three stops, which was not the fastest. And from there, at full speed, recovering, passing cars, giving everything in third in a race I think has become strong”.

THEY DIDN’T SAY ON THE RADIO TO LET LECLERC GO SO CHARLES WON MORE POINTS IN THE SUBCHAMPIONSHIP FIGHT WITH PÉREZ.

“No one came to me on the radio. In fact, I just found out when they told me.”

Source: La Verdad

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