Carlos Sainz: “It seems like we are in the Dakar more than in Austin. There are two potholes that are too much, they hit your head, and a little Ibuprofen helps”
Carlos Sainz finished 19th in the F1 United States GP classification, in Austinalthough will start 17th in this Sunday’s race by gaining two places due to the sanctions that Bortoleto and Colapinto had for changes to elements of their power units. And after the time trial, apart from the performance in that session, the bumps on the track stood out and how much they affect the drivers. In particular, it focused on two points.
Versrtappen already warned two weeks ago of what awaited them at COTA: “I’m going to have to order a new spine after that race. I’ll end up being like RoboCop. Crazy. It’s another challenge for everyone.” And Norris warned that they would have to take some ibuprofen before going out on the track to relieve the pain of some blows caused by some very delicate points.
“There are a lot of places where I need to take painkillers before I go out. You hit your head hard on the supports, so it’s not pleasant at all,” Norris also said. And Sainz confirmed it on ‘DAZN’ after qualifying.
In some places it offers the driver a bit of an option to make a bit of a difference in how you approach it and gives a bit of character to the circuit. But it is true that there are two potholes, the one on 19 and in turn 1, which are too much and we cannot see
“It seems more like we are in my father’s Dakar than in Austinbut it is true that I don’t mind that the circuits are bumpy, a little bumpy, in some places it offers the driver the option to make a little difference in how you deal with it and it gives a bit of character to the circuit. But it is true that there are two potholes, the one on 19 and in turn 1, which is too much and we cannot see. And your head hits you, and after the session, a little Ibuprofen helps. So there are two potholes, which should not have passed the FIA bar and should have been corrected before arriving, but they have already taken note and know what needs to be changed.”
You get a whiplash in your head, and after the session, a little Ibuprofen helps. So there are two potholes, which should not have passed the FIA bar and should have been corrected before arriving
There wasn’t much else to get out of the car.
The Madrid native did not have a competitive car to aspire to more and, although he made a mistake on his final lap that caused him to go off the track when he was doing his best sectors, he was too far away to pass. Q2.
“There was nothing more that could be done, honestly, because we have invested a lot of time over the weekend learning things for next yearand then you will always arrive a little unprepared for the classification. But it is true that for the classification we have changed one thing in the ‘set-up’ that seems to have worked.”he said after the classification in statements to ‘DAZN’.
“I felt a little more comfortable and I had been doing very good laps, except for that last one, although I did a very good first and second sector, Then I reached that turn 15 or 19 and I don’t know what happened to me, I lost the car and nothing, I couldn’t close a lap that was going to be very good, the best lap of the weekend. So, a shame, But it doesn’t change your life either, because I would have been 17th, 16th at best.”commented Carlos who referred to the many potholes that the asphalt of the Circuit of the Americas has.
