Carlos Sainz, affected by a brake problem, wants pole in Singapore

This has happened to Monaco Free Training 1where he had the car to win. And it happened again Singaporewhere Carlos Sainz wants to repeat the victory he achieved last year, when he was the only one capable of defeating him Red Bull In a whole year of massive dominance of those of Milton Keynes. Carlos Sainz He had trouble with his car’s brakes again. Ferrari the entire first day is free F1 Singapore GP. And that was what hindered him in his times.

The Spanish driver, on a circuit that he likes (unlike Baku last weekend) and where he is always fast, wants to start the weekend on the right foot, setting the pace to go from pole to Saturday, gaining more and more confidence along the walls of Marina Bay. However, he started the day in third position, at 0″629, far from Norriswhich topped only 58 thousandths of Leclerc.

All because, as the Madrid pilot himself revealed, he could not benefit himself Ferrari due to some brake problems that appeared in Free Practice 1 and remained in Free Practice 2.

After that, Sainz was optimistic.

“It was a difficult start to the weekend, to be honest. In the first free practice sessions I felt that there was something in the brakes that was not right and we seem to have carried it into the second session, so it made me difficult to make the most of both sessions”, Carlos announced through a statement.

“Other than that, the car seems to be in a good place. I’m confident we can figure out what happened today and make a big step forward tomorrow.”added the number ’55’.

Carlos knows he has a Ferrari that is a strong candidate for pole at this track and is confident that his mechanic can fix the problem to allow him to fight for a key pole this Saturday given how difficult it is to overtake on career. on Sunday. A large part of his chances of winning were through qualifying, such as at Monza and Baku, where his grid position prevented him from wanting to win.