With more than double the points of its closest pursuer, Alpine, Ferrari hopes to continue scoring points under the guidance of Carlos Sainz, since his teammate Charles Leclerc will start from the end when mounting the new power unit.
The penalty that will send Charles Leclerc to the back of the grid on Sunday, after Ferrari chose the young Monegasque as the first of its drivers to ride the new upgrade of your power unit, decided the approach to be followed by the Scuderia in free practice in Sochi: short run for Carlos Sainz, long run for his teammate.
# 55 assured that the first day with action on the track in Russia was “a positive Friday for us in general, especially because we have achieved a good balance of the car from the beginning“Good news after missing the point at all at his home Grand Prix.
«The car works a little better on these types of circuits. There is still a lot of work to be done on the long run, as there seems to be some graining on the front tires», Explained the Madrilenian. The track was still slippery in the early stages of the morning after the rain made an appearance in Sochi in the previous days, a condition that will continue for the remainder of the weekend.
Hopefully we can find a way to fix it by tomorrow, though rain is expected and everything can change quickly, we will see, “concluded Sainz. For the moment, both have managed to enter the Top 10 in the two sessions disputed, although, as he himself admits, the rainfall on Saturday can make everything take a 180º turn.