Carlos Sainz will face his final three races before closing his time at Ferrari and packing his bags for Williams. He had three appointments to achieve another victory in red, and he did not hide that as possible Vegas be the route where you are most likely to choose it. However, the circuit Undresswhere the career of Sunday will be played at 10:00 pm local time (7:00 am in Spain, peninsular time)at night, with low asphalt temperatures and around 12 degrees of ambient. That’s what worries me the most Ferrari already Carlos.
“I think, looking at the layout of the track you can say yes, Ferrari should be competitive, or at least should be in the fight for victory, but when you listen to the temperatures there will be and you know how much cost us sometimes. to heat the tires this year and everything else, then definitely not. So there are two factors, let’s see how they collide with each other and see who performs better this weekend,” Carlos said at the press present at the Las Vegas circuit.
This year, the red car is very fast on urban circuits and on tracks full of straights. Las Vegas meets both requirements. But there is more. The red car is one that takes better care of its tires and suffers less from overheating. It is decisive, positive, in circuits with high temperatures. But in Las Vegas, when it’s cold, it can be an element against getting the tires at the appropriate temperature for use.
Above all, the most worrisome is the classification. Ferrari this year suffered more in qualifying than in the race. In particular, he struggled a lot to warm up the tires after one lap in qualifying. And it can be more difficult in Las Vegas because of the cold. Qualifying in the first two rows is crucial to aiming for success on such a compressed grid, where if you fail to ‘qual’, you can lose most of your chances of winning by starting too far from first place .
“This year we were fast on this type of circuit, although in qualifying we were not strong when it came to getting the tires up to temperature, or after the stops. Tire temperature is the biggest challenge, we know our vulnerability and we are alert”revealed the Madrid native in statements to ‘Diario AS’.
Goal, Constructors’ World Cup
Personal aside, the priority goal for Carlos Sainz is to help Ferrari achieve the Constructors’ World Championship. McLaren lead the overall standings with 593 points, 36 more than Ferrari and Red Bull just 13 behind the Italians (49 behind McLaren). The transalpine team wants to end the drought of titles that has lasted since 2008 (the last year in which they won the Constructors’ crown) and Carlos Sainz is confident in his team’s options, although he is realistic, knowing he said that two of the three circuits that remain should favor McLaren.
“I think we are close to it. But at the same time, we also need McLaren to make some mistakes, because if they don’t make any mistakes from here to the end.l, in case we win and finish second in each race, I think McLaren can still hold the title. So, yes, there are also two circuits that are more McLaren than Ferrari. “It’s more Ferrari than McLaren.”
Source: La Verdad
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