Carlos Sainz He knew he would struggle to defend his pole position in the first corner Verstappen and even Norris either Leclerc because of how far into the first turn and the slipstream his rivals could catch him. The Spaniard knows the importance of minimizing his losses in that turn 1 in order to pursue victory and take advantage of his car’s good run in the race.
His management of such a delicate situation was perfect, as was his entire weekend, in which he dominated from start to finish: he was fastest on Friday, took pole and won in dominant fashion thanks to the reaction of a champion in the beginning against Max.
The Spaniard lost first place in the first corner and took advantage of the fact that Max had opened up in that corner and closed in on him to react in the smartest way possible: if he had braked to go into that corner, he will lose his seat. with Norris and victory will be complicated. He chose to go straight because Max blocked him and that was the way for him to get back on the track first. There he once again used intelligence and reflexes by quickly letting the Max before he went out ‘Safety Vehicle’thereby avoiding the punishment that might have complicated matters for him.
“You either get to Max like this, or you don’t get on with it”
And then came the biggest challenge: he had to overcome the best defender in F1, the most aggressive, the current F1 world champion. To do this, he knew that he had to do it in his first attempt, without prolonging that fight because it could leave him without a wheel and leave him without success. And he went for it without hesitation, never losing his cool when the safety car came out and preventing Max from taking him out of his DRS zone to get the car in as soon as possible. This is how Carlos Sainz explained it to ‘DAZN, ‘FOX Sports’ and ‘ESPN’ at the end of the race.
“It wasn’t easy. It wasn’t a good start, to be honest. Red Bull are always very good when they have a bit of grip and they did very well here last year and I knew it was going to be dangerous. . Then, yes, in Turn 1, obviously, I took a risk. “Max did what he had to do but he came with anger and wanted to give it back to him and I got it right back to him.”argument.
“You either pass him decisively or aggressively with Max, or you never pass him because he used all his tricks so you can’t overtake him. On the one hand, it honors him, and that makes him a very difficult driver to overtake. . And on the other hand, he is also exposed to those kinds of punishments (like the ones he did to close Norris). Honestly, after the start I stayed calm because I saw that I could have the pace to pass Max. And when the first opportunity came, I jumped in and said: ‘now or never.'”he declared.
“I went with anger, because I didn’t like losing position at the beginning. I said it’s time to take a risk, especially in that first lap with the DRS, when you still have a tyre, you have to take a risk and it was a bit bumpy at the start and I said: ‘I’m going. for this’. I already jumped Max, either you are that aggressive or you never pass him. It’s time to be aggressive. I have been and maybe that makes the victory sweeter.”. He thus gave a lesson to Lando Norris, who so many times this campaign has doubted his attacks on Verstappen. Either pass him like this, or you won’t win. Carlos did it and won, eventually managing the tires with a perfect race reading and asking the team to rest Leclerc because at that speed they could suffer with the tires. The perfect plan.
Source: La Verdad
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