Sainz, podium against Hamilton: “We have to celebrate it because it was a difficult weekend”

It seems like a difficult race for Carlos Sainz. Ferrari thought that this weekend they could have a car that could compete in higher ground McLaren and Verstappen, but he found himself with a car that suffered again in the fast corner. And so, Carlos, who started in 4th, set the goal of fighting for a difficult podium against the Mercedes of Russell and Hamilton, starting between the two, who should have more speed and with a Piastre with a McLaren faster than I knew I could get there from the 7th starting spot.

In the end, the native of Madrid found himself on the podium thanks to the clash in between Verstappen and Norris in the final laps. I’ll finish the 5th because Piastre It was going to happen to him, but in the end, he won those two places and secured a place for Ferrari in a very complicated weekend.

At that moment, the battle that Sainz had won against the driver who would replace him at Ferrari next year, Lewis Hamilton, made all the difference in the world. The Spaniard was overtaken by the Englishman at the start after being held back by Norris. He had to give Hamilton back the position and he was already 2 seconds behind Russell. He had to defend himself from the attacks of Lewis, using a faster car and DRS, and managed to maintain the position and then also open a gap to the 7-time champion. He tried everything to try to reach Russell, but George has more speed in his Mercedes. And finally, he saw that podium that could steal a smile from Carlos.

“Of course, I don’t know what happened to him at the end because he finished very far. George Russell was running very fast. I tried to hold on to George and Lewis went down. The aim was to beat at least one of the Mercedes, who was faster than us this weekend Congratulations to George for the victory,” he commented on ‘DAZN’ about his battle with Hamilton and Russell.

15 POINTS FROM THIRD PLACE WITH ANOTHER PODIUM

This result allowed him to get closer to the battle for the third place in the World Cup. Carlos is 15 points behind Leclerc who has had fewer races to miss due to his appendicitis surgery, and just 21 points behind the runner-up spot of Lando Norris.

“We have to celebrate this podium because it was a difficult weekend for the team. We were one step behind Red Bull and McLaren, half a step behind Mercedes and we managed to reach the podium,” commented Carlos Sainz after the race on ‘DAZN’.

“I’m happy with what happened. “I fought all the races as much as I could to try to stop Russell, we were faster than Hamilton, faster than Pérez, so, solid weekend but we want more.”he added.

IN SILVERSTONE MORE IS NEEDED

However, Carlos knew that at Silverstone he needed a new part in his car that would allow him to be faster in fast corners.

“At Silverstone I want to be at least ahead of Mercedes, because they have beaten us in two races in a row: the first Mercedes against the first Ferrari.and that’s what worries me the most because at the beginning of the season we didn’t even look at them, “So we will be fighting hard with the factory to bring something to Silverstone to help us on these high-speed circuits because we are obviously struggling.”he added.