Disaster for Carlos Sainz: accident on the wall in Singapore

Weekend to forget Carlos Sainz. The Madrid native arrived at F1 Singapore GP 2024 with full confidence that we can aim to repeat last year’s success in Marina Bay. However, the Spaniard from Madrid complicated all his options in Q3 of the qualification this Saturday by hitting the wall before he had set a time, which would force him to start from 10th place if he did not have to change any element that may be damaged in your power unit.

At a circuit he loves, he comes wanting to do everything behind the wheel of a car that should aspire to. But everything went wrong from Friday, when he was plagued by several brake problems throughout the day. Despite this, the car needs to be fast for this Saturday. But it’s not like that. From Free Practice 3, saw that Lando Norris and McLaren They have more potential and the Ferrari it was diluted, becoming inexplicably a nervous and unstable car.

This is Carlos Sainz’s accident

And then came the classification, where Carlos unexpectedly had an accident. In Q3, when he was in the middle of a warm-up lap, he had to put his foot up and wait for Piastri to pass.

There he lost the temperature in the tires and it played a very bad trick on him. A few seconds later, while accelerating and in the dirty air of Piastri’s car, when he was changing something on his steering wheel, his car disappeared and leaned against the wall.

It will be necessary to see if the strong impact of the rear part against the protections can affect any element of the power unit or its gearbox.

This accident halted the session with 8 minutes and 4 seconds remaining, with only two drivers with time on the table: Piastri and Hülkenberg. In those 8 minutes, everyone will be playing for pole position and their position on the grid in the top 9.