Difficult day for Sainz (12th): “I lacked a lot of rhythm”

Carlos Sainz He suffered greatly from his tire Ferrari SF23 in the classification this Friday at F1 Qatar GPand have to start from 12th position on the starting grid for Sunday’s race (this Saturday is the sprint race and a ‘quality‘ short past).

The Madrid driver had a lot of problems with a Ferrari that was very difficult to drive on a very windy and very fine track because of the sand on the asphalt and how slippery it was. This time, his partner Leclerc He was able to juggle better with a car that was very difficult to tame in a turn, and with only a few free practices to find the appropriate settings on an unpredictable asphalt, Carlos did not feel comfortable.

“It was a complicated classification from the start. I lacked a lot of rhythm, I had a lot of oversteer problems while in Free Practice 1 we ran the wheel in the operating window”commented Carlos Sainz on ‘DAZN F1’ after getting out of his Ferrari.

The key

definitely, Leclerc pointed out that after Sainz’s victory in Singapore, that the Ferrari It’s a car that doesn’t allow him to drive comfortably because he prefers oversteering cars and to find the best set-up for the car, the car needs more understeer, something that suits more Sainz’s driving style. What was seen in Qatar fits. With such a slippery track and not much time to find the best set-up, the car oversteered and the Leclerc performed better there.

“It’s almost impossible”

“In qualifying, it was almost impossible (to work the tire in the operating window), the car was very nervous and had no grip. We have to try to find out what we can do for Saturday and then see how we can get back into the race,” added Carlos, who on Sunday will struggle from 12th.

“It’s a track where it’s hard to pass, but I’ll try to do my best,” Spanish finished.