The exceptional performance of Ferrari in the preseason has been endorsed in the classification of the Bahrain Grand Prix and Carlos Sainz has managed to overcome his adaptation problems to fight for pole until the end.
the followers of ferrari They smile again after two years of hardship in which a renovation at all levels has been necessary. But Mattia Binotto’s leadership during this period seems to have paid off and the Maranello team are once again fighting at the top.
On this occasion, Charles Leclerc has been the most outstanding Ferrari driver after scoring a spectacular pole position against Max Verstappen and Carlos Sainz. Even, the rider from Madrid set the best time after the first attempt of all the drivers in Q3, although he could not improve in the second and ended up being overtaken by both.
“I still don’t fully understand the car and I think a lot while I’m driving.
But it’s not something I let Carlos Sainz with a bad taste in his mouth after a weekend in which he encountered more difficulties than ever before at Ferrari, suffering excessively in free practice and showing a much lower speed than his teammate.
“I missed that tenth that Charles got at the end, but I’m pretty happy with the progress we’ve made over the weekend. I have been away, it has been difficult for me to adapt to this car and know how to drive it»admitted Carlos Sainz after getting off the car tonight in Bahrain.
“I’ve been within half a second all weekend and to be able to be fighting for pole position in Q3 is good news. Not getting that last tenth is a shame, but I think Charles deserves ithe has been in front all weekend and he deserves that pole”, pointed out the man from Madrid.
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During free practice, Carlos Sainz felt completely out of place with the Ferrari F1-75although its exceptional competitiveness has allowed it to stay in the top positions.
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Despite everything, Sainz has not given up and together with his team he has worked tirelessly to redirect the situation. “The team has done a great job. I had never been so far behind, last year I was only a couple of tenths away at the circuits where I didn’t feel comfortable. This weekend I had to fight with a deficit of seven or eight tenths from Free Practice 1».
“I still don’t fully understand the car and I think a lot while I’m driving.. That distracts me from the driving itself, but I was able to fight for that pole and I can’t complain too much. I’m missing that last tenth, which I haven’t been able to find when I needed it, but I accept it,” Carlos Sainz concluded.
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