Still with doubts about his driving after the new accident in Free Practice 2 of a weekend with a more compact format, Carlos Sainz hopes to improve his version at the wheel of the SF21 for the end of the season.
Recover emotionally after suffering more than one accident in the last Grands Prix, although fortunately in free practice and without mechanical consequences for qualifying and the race, it is not an easy task.
At least that’s what Carlos Sainz thinks, who has relived a date without confidence in his car after having almost completely tamed the beast. «The weekend at the end more or less we have saved it, but it has been very hard. In the race I was not comfortable at any time, I was sliding a lot from behind, I was degrading the tires a lot. Every time we had a fight our top speed was not the best to defend ourselves, “explained # 55.
A touch of Antonio Giovinazzi in the first corners did not affect the behavior of the SF21 of the Madrid rider, although this did not detract from the toughness of the race. «We had the podium close by, I always saw it at 2-3 seconds. At no point have I felt capable of going for it with the confidence to attack it. A bit of anger, but it is what it is. This weekend has not gone as I wanted, but it is what it is, “confessed Sainz.
“You told us before coming to Monza that we were going to finish 4th and 6th … well maybe we signed it”, he claimed. “Once you are in the race and you notice the difficulties, when the train behind you goes so far, you wear down the tire so much … and having the podium relatively close in front of the tifosi, it makes you angry.”
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The fourteenth scoring round of the championship leaves Sainz with a bittersweet feeling, with an adaptation to the car that is not perfect and that he will try to round off in the rest.
“After yesterday’s coup, I have not managed to regain confidence at all, it is something that we have to analyze and see what we can do. It is not the first time that the car has left me behind, it is clear that it is a weakness that I have to improve, learning from it and seeing how I can camouflage it a little with the setup, to adapt to it. It’s part of … maybe you take a little downforce from, like here, the car is more difficult than I expectedSainz closed.
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