Sainz: “Mercedes will be very strong at Silverstone”

“Here Mercedes will be very strong. And Red Bull, obviously. Mercedes was very strong last year here in the Carrera when they didn’t have a good car. And we will try to be like that in Austria, the first of the rest. And if Red Bull fails or someone fails, try to take advantage of it “, Carlos Sainz said this Thursday in statements to Spanish newspapers present at the British F1 GP, along with MD. The Madrid driver believes that his goal should be the same as that of Austria, trying to fight to lead the chasing pack against Mercedes and Aston Martin It was only then that it was clear that on some tracks Ferrari could take advantage of a mistake by Max Verstappen and Red Bull in search of a return to the top.

FERRARI’S STRATEGY IN AUSTRIA

“They have explained it to me and I understand. I think when you study things calmly and with the team, you always understand their perspective better. We must also consider that we have two bad stops. The first two bad pit stops and they both coincided with the same stop, 4 and a half seconds from Charles, 4.2 I think was mine, which made me lose 4 extra seconds than I should have and I should have started in front of those cars. and behind Charles. I was definitely going to lose time on Charles, that’s what happens when you’re late in this type of situation, you lose a few extra seconds, but I think the stops played into me. Personally, I said, I want to stay longer and try what Max Verstappen did, because I have a lot of tires and a lot of speed to try it, but I fully understand the reason why the team wants to stop”.

“There are weekends that no matter how fast or how good you go, there are days when things don’t work out and the end result is not what you want. But with so many races there will always be weekends like this. What matters is the rhythm, the sensations in the car and this year I seem to have it”.

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TRACK LIMITATIONS

“The problem is, the notices are also late. They told me: “You have another limit on the track”. And I don’t know when, where, or why. It is not known why the FIA ​​was unable to keep up with all the drivers’ track limits. When you can’t control something, you see what happened… it shows you that something is not working and a solution must be found as soon as possible, now”.

THE RHYTHM OF THE CAR WITH THE IMPROVEMENTS

“In stable conditions, no wind, with a good track temperature like in Austria, it’s clear we’re not doing bad. We’re still far from Red Bull, as seen with Max, but we’re not doing bad , even with Mercedes and Aston. Mercedes tore our heads in Barcelona and in Austria we controlled them. That means we are in progress. We have to keep improving, we have to go to more circuits, put the stress on the car in the wind, for example, like here at Silverstone, which is one of our biggest weaknesses. When it’s very windy, the car moves more than others and that’s what makes you go down sometimes. So we have to study it more calmly, go to more circuits and put ourselves in more positions.

PODIUMS

“I want to wait for a podium between now and the end of the season. In Austria the rhythm is closer to the podium. For me that is motivation. It’s not the same to be fifth in every race and suddenly have a car to take the podium. But it is true that results will come. I drive well, I do things well this year and because of H or B the weekend didn’t pay off too much. But as the course goes on, it will come out.”

SECOND SUCCESS

“To win… a little help from Red Bull first, let them make some bundles, because Max or Red Bull haven’t made one yet. And with that help. Be the first to capitalize. It can happen to the Race that they failed, that they decided to fail or that they didn’t do it well. If they don’t fail, to be honest, I don’t want to say they’re going to win them all, but they have a good chance of taking them all.”