He had to endure rumors talking about signing the Lewis hamilton instead of joining Leclerc a few weeks ago. Carlos didn’t want to answer. I wanted to do it on the track. He was about to do it in Monaco, fighting for the podium until the rain made it difficult for everyone. And a week later, he spoke about asphalt. He did it in a big way, sending a message of strength when it was most needed, in the style of his father. In a complex classification where many drivers failed, which started in the rain where it was very easy to make mistakes, Carlos performed perfectly, without failure and reached the last second position.
Sainz’s pulse did not tremble in a very difficult day, as the only Ferrari in Q3 after the Leclerc’s ‘qualy’ accident (penultimate), who said there was something wrong with his car. The man from Madrid put the tools on his back and drove away. He asserted himself in the best possible way, with a fantastic final lap of Q3. He came from not being able to complete the lap he wanted in Q3 in Monaco because he encountered traffic on his last lap. And this Saturday, he nailed it.
“It’s something I need. Everything is so complicated. The track conditions were very difficult and going through Q1 and Q2 without any problems and doing a good lap on only one set of tires in Q3 It was probably one of the hardest qualifying sessions I’ve had in Barcelona. But we’ve done it. We are in the best position for tomorrow and now we can focus on getting the podium tomorrow”, said Sainz, who always thrives on delicate moments.
“It was a very good lap today. I felt that I drove very well. There is always a tenth here and there, but I gave it my all, I pushed hard and I didn’t miss anything. I went under my feet and It’s very tight with McLaren, Mercedes, Alpine, Aston Martin… we’re all in the same group. Second place at the weekend is the most I’ve achieved so far and I did a pretty good lap”, added the Spaniard while getting out of his car.
Sainz will be looking to get to the podium starting 2nd this Sunday in Barcelona, His best result on this track was the fourth place achieved last year. Now, he wants the podium in front of goal-oriented fans. This Saturday, the 100,000 fans in the stands braved the rain for seeing things like that of a Carlos who would like to thank the support received in a final message: “Thank you. Today it was noticed because today was a complicated day, for everyone the conditions were really difficult and having the support of the fans definitely helped in the Q1, Q2 laps and the Q3 lap because the all the sessions were very good. al limit, and now, try to go for the podium tomorrow”. He wants the podium. Verstappen went out first and was on another planet. Only a disaster for the Dutchman could open the floodgates for the winner in Madrid.
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“I think the podium is difficult to achieve, especially because I think even if I start in eleventh, ‘Checo’ (Pérez) will come back with Red Bull. I think that as soon as I see myself again today with my engineers, “I will be told that the simulations will suggest that the Red Bulls will finish ahead of us,” said Sainz at the official FIA conference.
“Then I will have an important fight with Lando (Norris, 3rd), the Mercedes, and the ‘Aston’ (Aston Martin), which I don’t know what happened to them today, but usually they have a really good race speed I think it will be very difficult to get a podium tomorrow. We put ourselves in the best possible position to achieve that. But I think it will be a good fight tomorrow,” he added. For this, it will be key that the new package of improvements launched by Ferrari this weekend in Barcelona meets one of its main goals: to improve speed and racing speed.red car destruction.
If the tires don’t ‘eat’ the car like in other previous appointments, Sainz will have a good chance to celebrate the podium at home.
Source: La Verdad
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