The sprint qualifying race has allowed Carlos Sainz to regain the positive path after the accident in FP2 and the Madrilenian will start sixth on the grid for Sunday’s race.
No time to roll after the accident in the morning, Carlos Sainz He had to face the qualifying race at the sprint in order to maintain a good grid position and regain feelings.
And so it has been, because although it has lost the position with Charles Leclerc At the start, he recovered Pierre Gasly’s and the penalty for Valtteri Bottas will allow him to advance one more, so the two Ferraris will take the third row of the grid tomorrow.
“I’m fine, it was a hard blow this morning, but I was able to recover well,” began Carlos Sainz after the race. «The chassis of the car was not damaged, which was my concernSo it wasn’t that bad and we were able to go out to the sprint qualy again with a great job from the mechanics ».
Conservatism
Sainz’s goal was clear for this race: it was about not losing positions and regaining confidence. And so it was, after a somewhat complex exit due to Gasly’s touch with Norris.
“I didn’t go out there very far and at turn 1 I think there was an accident with Gasly and all of us who went on the outside have seen ourselves in the Gasly traffic jam a bit, all those who went on the inside have passed us, “he said.
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«Trying to recover little by little sensations with the car, because after the blow this morning the truth is that confidence was not very high in turn 8 (Ascari variant), where almost all of Charles (Leclerc) took me out. I wanted to take it easy to gain confidence little by little for tomorrow, “said the Ferrari driver.
The career options are not much more ambitious, as Ferrari he has not shown rhythm for it. As it is, a top 5 is the maximum Sainz can aspire to at Monza.
“It’s a good position, you see we don’t have too much pace. Everyone in front goes faster and everyone behind is a little slower, so that’s more or less our position. Tomorrow we will try to make a good startLet’s see if we can get into the fight and try to finish in the top five, “he concluded.