“I’m leaving here knowing that I’ve given everything and I’m left with nothing now. Unfortunately, it is what it is. There’s nothing else. I’ve done everything I can do.” This is how Carlos Sainz presented himself at the end of the Spanish GP before the Spanish press present at the Circuit, with MD. The driver from Madrid is comfortable driving his car and is sure that, once again, he has squeezed the most juice out of a car that continues to have many problems.
“Now the car does not get more”, said the pilot. Ferrari presented an important improvement package that sought, among other things, to improve race speed and reduce the massive tire wear the team suffered in the early rounds. But again, Sainz made sure that on lap 12 he ran out of tires. Carlos considered that “Now Mercedes is in another league”, and Ferrari, who presented this new concept for them, must still evaluate it to make the most of it and change their situation. What is clear is that we are not to blame Maranello. He recalled the enormous effort made by the factory to bring the new pieces to Barcelona earlier than expected and that they were “giving it their all”.
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LACK OF RHYTHM AND A LOT OF DEGRADATION
“I did a very careful first stint with the soft tire, trying not to wear it down, and even so, on lap 12 or 13 I ran out of wheels. So that already gave me the signal that with the medium wheel and hard then it was necessary I went very slowly to try to reach the target laps we had. This is our problem: we don’t have rhythm because we can’t push. If we push, we slow down. Ultimately this is our biggest weakness today and it’s what we have to continue to work hard. Because it’s clear that if we want podiums and hold those podiums when we start at the front, we have to improve it”.
“Maybe it adds value to yesterday, because when you see where we are in the race, I think yesterday should have been a very good day to be second with what we had to suffer.”
STEP INTO THE MERCEDES
“Mercedes has gone where Aston Martins usually are now, which is 20 or 30 seconds behind Red Bull. We are still 40 or 50 seconds in the race. Mercedes has gone to Aston Martin and we haven’t moved much.”
RUSSELL PASSED HIM STARTING 12TH: MERCEDES NOT IN THE SAME LEAGUE?
“Not today, certainly not today, that’s why I couldn’t compete (position) because I saw that one lap sooner or later they would pass me and I have to do my race. The same as with Checo. But, yes. Do you remember, I warned yesterday that it would be like that”.
WHEN WILL IT BE FERRARI’S TURN TO MAKE A BIG STEP LIKE MERCEDES?
“What is clear, at the factory they give everything. There is no one to blame for that. We test everything in the wind tunnel, send parts to the car that should not reach this race (and yes they arrived) and all Maranello is in full throttle, but it is clear that what we lack is a bit of understanding, how to accelerate these cars in the race and see how to improve, because if you also see the race of Charles (Leclerc , his teammate), unlike he can come back and do many things in the race. This is our goal, our point to improve, and I can assure you that in Maranello they give their all”.
EVOLUTION OF THIS WEEKEND
“We brought a good ‘chunk’ (of the car) this weekend. What happens is that sometimes things work right away and other times you need a few races to understand them well. It’s a new concept for us, so that we definitely have to explore and improve it. And then also remember that we brought it to the worst circuit of the season for us: high destruction, with many fast corners, where we know that even without the new package we will suffer a lot”.
FIGHT RUSSELL
“Fighting? It wasn’t worth it too much. You know that when there are options that I fight, I position them the best, you’ve seen all year, but their rhythm was almost more than 1 second when they caught up. up with me . Is it worth to start blocking the tire, go to the dirty side and also lose steam in the ‘Checo’? I think not. You have to know how to choose your race and Mercedes is not in my race now”.
MOST CONSTANT DRIVER IN FERRARI
“I’m driving well this year. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again now. Now the car hasn’t gotten more than this and I’m except in Baku for some races from Australia, Miami, Monaco, feeling very, very comfortable with the car, getting a lot out of it But it’s not an easy car. Above all, it’s a car that doesn’t shine, because in the race we look in the mirrors and we get passed. From Disappointing look of the driver, because the day of the race comes and you always fall back a little bit. So maybe it’s a little frustrating on the outside. Imagine from the inside. But I’m the one trying to give everything to the team, give it the right direction. I’m doing my best in a difficult year that hopefully ends will be corrected as soon as possible and in team super we are united to do it”.
TOO DISAPPOINTED?
“No. Obviously, in the home race the last thing you want is to see yourself on the podium and slowly coming back. So I won’t be happy. This is not what you want at home, you want to try to show off, go forward and at least you can defend yourself. And I still can’t. Obviously I’m not going to be in a good mood after not being able to defend myself in one way and being so low at Mercedes and Red Bulls, but on the other hand As soon as I got home today and bathed, I will know that more than this cannot be done.”
CONCLUSION ON RACE
“I know that it will be a circuit where beating Aston and Mercedes will be complicated by the weaknesses of our car, both in terms of wear (on the tires) and in fast corners. Especially in the layout of this track. So I won’t draw too many conclusions. I think you have to be aware that there are always circuits that are better than others and this is definitely the hardest”.
Source: La Verdad
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