Sainz warns: "Lessons learned for Sunday"

“Lessons Learned for the Week”. This is what Carlos said sainz at the end of the sprint race this Saturday. The Madrid man already knows what not to do at the start of the Austrian race. In the qualifying round, starting in the third, he overtook Leclerc in turn 1 and went Max in turn 3, but taking that curve out made him lose second place. Good practice before Sunday after confirming that starting in the third he has a big chance to take the lead in the first lap. According to sainzthe thing will be very tight in between Verstappen, Leclerc Y The. In the sprint race he competed Charles that didn’t benefit them, so they took an insoluble mattress. The two knew this Sunday they would have to work together and attack the Dutchman using different techniques to put the current champion in jeopardy.

“I was able to attack Max outside turn 3 but very little grip and I lost position to Charles. Lesson learned for tomorrow”, he expressed in ‘DAZN F1’.

“There were some fights at the beginning, at the beginning and then with Charles. It was fun and alas he didn’t catch up in the end. At first it went very well, but after turn 3 it wasn’t enough to catch up with him (Verstappen). Since then I’ve lost a bit of holding on to the wheels and I had to put my battery and tires back on and find my rhythm. But it was fun, as usual here “, said Sainz, who clarified that after the fight with Leclerc his tires warmed up and needed he contemplated ending the race by taking third position in vain: “At first he seemed to have more speed than Max. I tried to pass, then I warmed up the tire a bit and decided to take a break from there.”

For the Spaniard, this Saturday nothing happened against Charles for some points delivered on this sleeve. “Now there is little to gain or lose in that battle. We talked about a point or more and Max seemed to have control over the lead. So we haven’t lost much. “He commented at a press conference.

However, you know that Carlos will have to join forces against Monegasque to complicate things Leclerc.

“The three of us are the same. Once Max has the first position and going in the clean air gives an advantage. But hey, tomorrow we have to find ways to get him out of the comfort zone he seems to be in right now and between the two of us try and do different things and go for him. “ Sainz commented, coldly. They asked him at the foot of the track and he answered differently: “We will see. First, we will need to speed up, because (Max) looks very strong at the start of the race. The important thing is that we are in a fight and we will do everything to defeat Max ”.

Leclerc: “I hope so …”

At the time, Charles was also asked if he and Carlos should work together on Sunday’s race. It’s short: “Hopefully …”.

According to Leclerc, about the start of the race where Sainz was faster, he said he was trying to do the first part of the race calmly to manage the wheels with the intent to attack. Verstappen Eventually. But then came the battle Carlos. “It was difficult early in the race. It had to manage and Max pushed hard, so I tried to manage my wheels to attack at the end. Then I had a little fight with Carlos. I started to push, I started to cut him (Verstappen) and he was very close. But tomorrow is the race and we hope we can start today as well and put the pressure on Max ”.

Verstappen did not know who was behind him

“I don’t know if it was Charles or Carlos,” Max Verstappen said in relation to the start, when he saw a red car (Sainz) attack him from outside on turn 3. “I closed the door on him,” he said. . “The first laps were very important to build that distance and the last laps I had a harder time because I pushed at the start to open up that gap. Winning is important but tomorrow it will be tight between us and the Ferraris. The Czechs are back (in the fight) .I feel like it “, he concluded, predicting good against Italian racing cars.