Carlos Sainz proceeding with great feelings aboard the Ferrari. After winning the Australian GP, The Madrid native began Japanese GP being the driver closest to the Red Bulls at Suzuka on the first day of activity.
The second free practice session was largely useless due to rain, but in the morning session Sainz was only third behind Verstappen and Pérez, the big favorite to take victory in the fourth World Cup event. Only two tenths separated him from the Dutchman’s time.
“Maybe in Free Practice 1 we were closer to the Red Bulls than we expected. Positive signs of progress made in the last five months so far. These are still free practice sessions, we don’t know the amount of fuel or the engine mode the others are running in,” he said at the end of the day.
“Anyway, last year we were eight tenths behind them in qualifying and today, being two tenths behind them in Free Practice 1 is a good feeling or a good base to start with. It will be difficult to beat them this weekend. It seems that everything is tight in McLarens and Mercedes, Red Bull is a step ahead, but the gap is smaller than I thought, so it should be an interesting battle“, Add.
The SF-24 is very comfortable
Sainz started the season with Ferrari better than ever. The SF-24 fits its characteristics and the level it showed at this start was better than any of its other starts with a victory and a podium in the two races it was on the starting grid.
“The feelings are not too different. I trusted in Bahrain, Jeddah and Australia and I started on the right foot this morning. We had some good pre-season tests, we understood the car well, We found a setup that seems to work everywhere and it helps“, he declared in conclusion.
Source: La Verdad
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