Carlos Sainz will come fourth in Bahrain GP next Saturday. The Madrid native had a good qualifying session although the result could have been better. At least as the Madrid native commented in the press corralito.
Sainz’s goal is nothing more than to be on the podium with Leclerc, who will start second. The fight will be tough considering we have to fight the Russell’s Mercedes, Alonso with Aston Martin, Pérez starting fifth with Red Bull and the two McLarens.
“I believe that we can reach the podium. I start fourth and I will go all out. We have to fight for the podium, which I think is within reach. It is true that going to the podium will not be easy. Mercedes. Join the race with them and the McLaren It will be complicated. A priori, it will be a very busy test,” he explained to DAZN.
“Just for me, it’s more than one tenth. I think the strange thing is not improving from Q2 to Q3. Normally we always find two or three tenths per circuit. Especially in the Q2 lap I did it very quietly, Keeping the tire for tomorrow and not risking anything. Just wanting to get through Q3 and save the tire. And then when I went to attack in Q3 we hadn’t found those two or three tenths that we usually see. So that’s what we have to do. analyze and something to understand there from Q3. Because if you had told me before Q2 what the weather was going to be like, I would have told you 29 below and 29 below didn’t come.”
Optimism at race pace
The big headache for Ferraro in 2023 was the high attrition they suffered even as they tried to save. This is great unfinished business for those from Maranello at the factory and the feeling both in the tests and in the GP is that they have more than delivered.
“We have improved in the degradation aspect, but the good thing is Red Bull’s. Ours has improved. I think now we have to look at Mercedes, Aston Martin and McLaren, which are cars that have to fight. let’s see tomorrow Checo Pérez will start with new tires on the clean side and it will be very difficult to keep him behind. Our race will go there with George, with Checo if we can stand him and with Mercedes and McLaren. Yesterday we saw ten laps in a row, tomorrow we will do about 15 or 20 per compound and that’s when we will see who is degrading and who is not,” he said.
Source: La Verdad
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