The Ferrari driver from Madrid set the fastest time on the first fast lap attempt of Q3, but a poor first sector on the final attempt allowed Charles Leclerc and the Red Bulls to overtake him in qualifying.
Carlos Sainz He is not happy with his position on the grid at the Formula 1 Azerbaijan Grand Prix, but his performance in qualifying has been quite promising.
And it is that Sainz seemed to be having problems keeping up with his teammate Charles Leclerc and the Red Bulls, but at the moment of truth got into the dispute over the pole after being very competitive in Q1, Q2 and the first attempt at Q3.
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The problem is that, in the final attempt, Carlos Sainz committed a couple of errors in the first sector who sentenced him. And, while the man from Madrid could not improve his initial time, his three rivals did. The result, a disappointing fourth place that, in any case, will allow the Ferrari driver to aspire to victory on a circuit where overtaking is easy if you have a competitive race pace.
The provisional pole was not enough
“A pity, the truth is that I was doing quite well in the whole qualy», admitted Carlos Sainz before the microphones of DAZN F1 at the end of the classification. «I have taken a step forward compared to Free Practice 3 and I was in the fight for polebut well, going to look for the limit, going to look for that last tenth in the car, I made a mistake in turn 2».
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«I have been a bit too aggressive with the throttle and well, it is what it is», explained the Ferrari driver, knowing that he had the best provisional time, he went all out on the second attempt. «When you go to seek the limit already on pole, these things happen. The good thing is that I have been almost all the qualy closer and further into the fight.
In any case, the race is on Sunday and Carlos Sainz is confident of being able to stand up to the Red Bulls in the dispute for the podium or even victory.
“I think we are in the fight, Red Bull will be difficult to beat tomorrow because of the pace they usually have in the race, but Coming out fourth and first, you can play with the strategy, with the start, with overtaking»Says Sainz.
«If there is a circuit in which the starting position does not matter so much, it is here in Baku and I think that anything can happen tomorrow”, recalls the man from Madrid, who has always scored points in this circuit in which he feels so comfortable.
In addition, Ferrari has reduced the car’s bounce at high speed, which on Friday even gave Sainz back pain.
“The truth is that it is annoying. Especially yesterday. I don’t know why, I had a floor that gave a lot of bounce and it crushed my back a bit, but well, today we have already managed to improve it and it was a little calmer. I hope that in the future these cars will stop doing these things, because if we don’t have tough years ahead of us.”he concluded.
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