Carlos Sainz: “I don’t know what happened at the beginning”

Carlos Sainz finished in sixth position in F1 Hungarian GP 2024, a result that seems to come just a little bit after his good classification on Saturday, where he was able to achieve the maximum result he was hoping for, one turn to finish 4th. He aspired to that position, but it didn’t go well and he lost his chances because he had to go back, thus aggravating the tires on a circuit where the tires suffer a lot.

However, the Spaniard made it clear that he had a good run throughout the year, remembering that he was one of the best from the start until arriving in Hungary, and he would not beat himself up for a mistake that could have happened that way. many races.

“I don’t know what happened at the start, to be honest. We have to see if it was my fault in terms of the starting procedure and if I failed something or if we just had clutch settings that were too aggressive for tight that grip. that is on the dirty side”said Carlos Sainz to the Spanish press present in Hungary, with them, MD.

“Obviously, the start cost us the race because from then on I had to pass Fernando in the first stint and I used my tire too much and then I broke down. In the second stint had to pass to ‘Checo’ Pérez and Russell and I had to use my tire a lot. The only decent round was the last one, but I was already too far away from the top five,” argued the man from Madrid.

“From the start, in Hungary it was always very difficult to get positions in cars that were a tenth of the speed. We made the overtakes that needed to be made, but it was very complicated for cars that were at the same speed. as we are “, continuous.

NEXT WEEK, SPA

“Let’s see how Spa is. I don’t know if we will be as good as Monza last year or badly like Silverstone this year”

PROVIDED A GOOD CLASSIFICATION

“What’s clear is that I wasted a good qualifying at a circuit where qualifying is important. So today, I’m not happy because it’s a day to start well, maintain the position, overtaking at the start like I always do and finishing third or fourth. I’m not going to beat myself up either because the start has been my strong point this year, in fact I think I’m in the top three this year starting, and the only bad thing came in Hungary was a shame, but also… hey, in twenty-four races there’s always a bad start.

WHEN HE APPROACHED VERSTAPPEN

“I found it very complicated because it was only one lap and then his tires got dirty and then when he cleaned them, we were running at the same pace and overtaking here is always complicated.”

THEY HAVE SOLVED THE REBOUND PROBLEM THEORETICALLY, ACCORDING TO VASSEUR

“I think we have to wait, but we can’t make conclusions too soon. Not to contradict Fred (his boss), but the corners here are at 220 km/h and those at Spa and Silverstone are at 260. And that’s when everything really starts to really jump.

TEAM ORDER TO NORRIS AND PIASTRI

“Just told me. I think what needs to be done is done, that if they give you a free undercut to your teammate you have to give it back, which before, not all teams have done” (possible message to Ferrari for previous races with the Leclerc).