Carlos Sainz did not finish satisfied with the classification of the 2024 F1 Belgian GP. Your partners, Charles Leclerc, was 2nd in a great last attempt that left him behind Max and he will start first due to the 10-place penalty the Dutchman carries. Meanwhile, Sainz could only be 8th, a long way off, 1.3 off the best time and more than 7 tenths behind Charles.
Therefore, after the qualifying session, Carlos Sainz He clarified that either the tires failed on his last attempt or he did something wrong to warm up that tire because “it has the potential for more” than 7th place.
“It was a very bad last attempt. I was fast throughout qualifying with the intermediate tire in the water, I was comfortable in the carbut For some reason I haven’t yet analyzed, the last set of tires, which were new at the end of the session, were a disaster. I don’t hold anything. I don’t know if it was the starting lap, the lack of warm-up, or simply the set of tires that didn’t give me the same grip. “I’m not happy because we should have been ahead.”Sainz argued with ‘DAZN’.
“I know that with a new tire, in the conditions that are there, you’ve seen it Leclerc, you can go at least 6 or 7 tenths faster. But I, on the other hand, found myself less rigid. I think I also had less tire temperature. “I did a different exit lap and we have to analyze why that was,” he added.
“I am convinced that we must have failed in something, because there was potential for more today. We have to analyze it calmly. These are the things that are happening. With the rain, it’s usually a bit of a lottery with the tires, the starting lap, the temperature… but it’s clear that I want to start later tomorrow,” he lamented.
This Sunday, Carlos hoping to compete with those Mercedes and McLarenalthough it will be necessary to see if his Ferrari allows him to take on opponents at racing pace.
“Tomorrow it will be all grain (kind of damage made by rubber chips stuck in the tire) and knowing how to manage the grain that was there on Friday in the dry. In the dry, with the McLarens and the Mercedes in front, we have to follow them and see if we can come back,” he commented. In that sense, he expresses the skepticism that exists in relation to hard rubber. “A hard tire is a complicated tire to manage, because it will have a little grip, but it seems like a tire that can remove that grain. So we’ll see what wins, if the grain that can its removal, or the grip,” he concluded.
Source: La Verdad
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