Carlos Sainz He was thoroughly involved in the fight for the victory of F1 United States GP this Sunday (9:00 pm) by taking an important step forward in the classification. The Spaniard, who was 5th after one lap in ‘quality‘ sprint on Friday, improving on Saturday’s classification after his performance in the sprint race (where he was 2nd).
The Madrid native managed to finish 3rd in the classification in a Q3 marked by George Russell’s accidentand in a car that showed good speed and front wheel management in the sprint race, has a chance to fight for the win.
Ferrari had one of its weaknesses in qualifying but in the race it always came out with good speed and tire wear. Starting beyond the first two lines prevented Sainz from fighting for good results for so many races. But this time, starting from third, the choice of victory was real against Verstappen and a Norris he had already passed in the sprint event.
“Options of victory? Surely so. Of course there are options, let’s not fool ourselves”the native of Madrid was mentioned in ‘DAZN’ after being third in the Austin classification, at the Circuit of the Americas (COTA). “The only thing is that our rivals have learned from where now maybe (in the sprint race) they are not very strong and where Ferrari is very strong, which is in the degradation of the front tire, and in the slow ones corners especially we are faster than McLaren and Red Bull”he added.
“But yes, they have learned so they beat us in qualifying, because it’s clear that they improved there as well. It is going to be a super tight race between three cars, but also very fun, so, let’s go for it,” added the Madrid native, who before this Grand Prix warned that he would “give everything” to achieve the few podiums and a long-awaited victory in the last 6 Grands Prix he left to compete with Ferrari .And now, this Sunday he will have his first big chance, starting behind the two men fighting for the title: Norris (pole) and Verstappen (2nd), with his team-mate Leclerc by his side (4th), looking to make up for it after being overtaken by Carlos in the sprint race.
“I am satisfied because we made that step that we wanted. Even looking at the return of Q3, a pretty big step forward compared to yesterday, which leaves me optimistic for the race,” Carlos pointed out that he only added one but in the classification, not being able to finish his last lap due to Russell’s accident: “It’s true that he didn’t finish such a good lap because he was coming three tenths faster to 16th “There were only two corners left and it was one of my best laps of the season up to that point, but hey, it is what it is. come back.”
Source: La Verdad
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