Carlos Sainz surprised by Colapinto’s departure: “It took us almost two or three”

Carlos Sainz He finished 7th at the F1 Singapore GP after making up three positions, from 10th at the start, due to a mistake he made in qualifying which conditioned his result this weekend. The Madrid native finished 12th after a more conservative start, after being overtaken by a Franco Colapinto who entered like a rocket inside, with nothing to lose and a lot to prove, even beat the Spaniards. Tsunoda in an instant, a move that caused the native of Madrid to lose his position among the Japanese.

Carlos He then chose to go for a risky approach, stopping first in the pits to change tires, and taking advantage of his excellent speed Ferrari managed to recover positions up to 7th place in a circuit like Singaporewhere it is very difficult to reach.

In that sense, Carlos Sainz He emphasized the aggressiveness with which the Argentine Colapinto started at turn 1 and his need to be conservative in thinking about the constructors’ title that Ferrari is fighting for.

“To come out on the dirty side I didn’t make any mistakes, I did pretty well. Then braking in Turn 1 I obviously had to be careful with Charles (Leclerc) in front, and then a Williams came on the inside braking late, I think it was Franco (Colapinto)that almost reached two or three positions, risks you take when you’re a ‘rookie’, that you might not know when to brake in turn 1,” he commented.

Although he quickly qualified his words, making it clear that this was not a criticism of Williams’ young talent: “Absolutely nothing happened, no accidents, but when you play for the constructors’ championship with the team, you have to be a little careful with the cars that have little to lose and lives are at stake. come out. And when you play for so many points for the team, you have to be more careful.”.

RISKY STRATEGY

“The approach was dangerous and very much at the limit, because obviously it was very slow for me at the end of the race, but if we want to pass the middle of the grid in front of us it is necessary, we have to do it and in the end we didn’t will know (what happens) if we did the opposite dirty side, having to avoid a guy at the start we almost lost the race at Turn 1 and nothing, from there, finished in the points, which was a bit of a goal to avoid damage .”

FIRST TIME THERE IS NO SECURITY CAR IN SINGAPORE

“We also thought about that a little bit in the strategy, because a ‘Safety Car’ at the end with a new soft tire, more damage can be done there at the end. But it is what it is. It’s not our end of the week. “We had limited damage, we made good overtakes, I showed good speed when I had the chance to show it and in the end in Singapore it wasn’t going to be easy starting 10th.”

THE ‘QUALY’ ERROR

“Obviously the car this year and I, at times in qualifying, struggled to find the exact point where to put the wheel to do a good qualifying lap. Last year that was the strong point of the car and this year the “Race is stronger. And to qualify it costs quite a bit. We need to finish discovering it, find out why and see how we can improve the classifications between now and the end of the year.”

HE KEPT THE RHYTHM OF THE RACE

“Positive? The pace of the race all weekend was good. On the other hand the classification was our weak point, which is something that for the last 6 races I want to study calmly and see how we can improve” .