Sainz’s surprising hidden maneuver that everyone is talking about after his win in Singapore

Carlos Sainz is not only a very fast and very hardworking driver. One of his great qualities is knowing how to read the race better than other rivals. He has demonstrated this on several occasions by correcting wall techniques ferrariista in the middle of the race, as in famous “stop inventing” by Silverstone 2022, where he achieved his first success. More than a year later, His second F1 win came at the Singapore F1 GP this Sunday. And again, this is after a brilliant race where he knows how to perfectly manage the pressure from his rivals while saving seconds in his pocket and slowing down the race deliberately thinking about saving of wheels. But no doubt, one of the actions in which the intelligence of Sainz behind the wheel is in the last laps, when he runs in front of Lando Norris both pressed Mercedes faster because they have new rubber.

An important final decision

Sainz knows he can’t afford a mistake and it’s hard to overtake on this track. But the Mercedes, with new tires, arrived like an airplane. By then the Spaniard was clear on what he had to do to have a chance to win. The Spaniard allowed Lando to approach him so that Lando could enter his DRS zone.

In this way, Lando Norris can turn on his DRS on the straight and defend himself against Mercedes attacks with higher speeds. Carlos, in a moment of pure tension, between the walls, in the most physically demanding race, without tires, with accumulated fatigue and with the push of the Mercedes, was smart. Instead of looking to get away from Norris, he allowed the Englishman to pay for himself and his best friend on the grid to head into first and second place together.

Sainz himself expressed this in interviews before the podium ceremony under the watchful eye of David Coulthard who was surprised to hear what Carlos did. “It was about reducing our tire limits and wear and tear. I had to hit the return targets at every compound. We had to stop earlier than expected with that safety car and I knew I would have to spend more a lot of time on the hard tire and I had to slow down to not give George a chance to have the medium tire and it worked perfectly . perfection”he commented.

“I gave Lando Norris the DRS to take him and in the end we got that victory”he added at the end.

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“Carlos is very generous”

“I’m impressed that you have the brains to think about helping Lando Norris win. Were there moments when you doubted the victory?” replied Coulthard. “I felt that I had peace of mind and that I had room to win, but I won’t lie: I was clearly under pressure and if you make a mistake, it can go wrong, but I controlled everything. times and I was able to get the victory this and now I am very happy with myself”Spanish finished before Norris gave his version of what happened.

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“Carlos was very generous in helping me with that DRS. It helped my career but yours too. We knew it was going to be complicated since Mercedes pulled out. We knew it would be difficult for us to catch up, but we managed to avoid them. We are second. “We’ve done what we had to do and I’m very happy,” commented the McLaren driver. Sainz and Norris, former teammates and good friends, played as a team. Together they are stronger. Together they were able to defeat Mercedes. Union make a force.