This is not Carlos Sainz’s weekend. Luck eludes him. The Madrid pilot lets the dwarfs in Zandvoort and finally starts 11th after being left in Q3 in the classification of F1 2024 Dutch GP.
The reasons are several. First, because he made it through qualifying without nearly running in the dry: “only two laps while everyone else did 40 on Friday.” And without even trying to spin with soft tires. All this, because he barely rode a session without rain, in FP2, due to gearbox failure. And in FP3 he couldn’t make up the lost time because it was wet again. At last the ‘qualy’ was dry and there was nothing more he could do. There, the potential of his car was also not good, but he was also left behind in Q3 because he was affected by traffic in the middle of the lap. Everything that happened to him.
Now, on a track where it’s difficult to overtake and where Ferrari didn’t show any speed on Friday, he’s aiming for 8th place and making sure he still has to sweat to catch up with Aston Martin and Williams.
“I missed not having a lap. I almost came to Q1 without touching the soft tyres, without touching the dry tires here all weekend and finally, yes, obviously at a circuit like Zandvoort, after stopping for four weeks without touching the car, it always costs you more, if you add to that that we are not fast this weekend and not fast the vehicle and “I had a bit of traffic with Nico (Hülkenberg) that didn’t get lost in the second sector, because I was never going to continue in Q3.”he declared in front of the Spanish press in Zandvoort.
ALMOST NO LAPS BEFORE CLASSIFICATION
“Yes, and we are talking about a circuit like Zadvoort, because it is very, very difficult for the driver. After being stopped for three or four weeks without touching the soft tire with all the other drivers who did 40 dry laps yesterday , I was only two, so it will always be complicated, but it is what it is the fact that the second half of the season started badly with that breakdown yesterday and the lack of kilometers yesterday and today in free practice three , which I couldn’t fix the time (because it’s raining).
RACE TARGET ON TRACKS THAT ARE DIFFICULT TO PASS
“I think that trying to get into the top eight, given that Charles (Leclerc, his teammate) is sixth, maybe… yes, trying to get into the top eight. Especially since we’re not going this weekend.. . “We’re one or two tenths faster than Aston Martin and the Williams, so passing them tomorrow won’t be easy either.”
THE EXIT
“In the beginning, obviously, you have to continue attacking and there is a day when you have to take a little more risk, that is tomorrow, in the beginning, to gain a position or two which then is very difficult to win, because of this you know that overtaking is very complicated, so we have to play with that.
Source: La Verdad
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