Carlos Sainz: “It’s a shame. The red flag prevented me from doing the last two laps with the intermediate. I was really fast and comfortable with the car in the wet”
Carlos Sainz was one of the pilots who was taking advantage of the rain that fell in the classification of the Brazilian GP to showcase his talent and climb positions with a car that in the dry was far from allowing him to shine. In fact, in one of his Q1 laps, he even placed 4th. He felt fast in very delicate conditions and managed to move into Q2. But in that second part of the classification, a red flag prevented him from fighting for more.
The Madrid native put on the intermediate tire later than his rivals and, when he was improving in his first lap with that compound, a red flag caused by an accident Camera prevented him from closing his lap, without being able to maximize his performance in the wet. For this reason, he finished 15th, although he will start 13th due to sanctions to Leclerc and Hamilton due to change of engine elements.
“The red flag prevented me from doing the last two laps, because I would have closed that lap and started another. I was in a good position on the track to try to get to Q3, but of course, we put on the intermediate 30 or 40 seconds late and the red flag came out and we couldn’t do a lap with the intermediate tire that was a couple of seconds faster. So it was a shame,” Sainz commented on ‘DAZN’.
I was in a good position on the track to try to advance to Q3, but of course, we put the intermediate gear 30 or 40 seconds late and the red flag came out.
“Today I was really fast and comfortable with the car in the wet. After Las Vegas, where I had a very good qualifying last year with Williams in the wet, I wanted to see how the car was doing this year in the wet. and I went comfortably and fast, but it’s a shame about the red flag, which didn’t even allow us to do a lap with the interval.”he added.
I think it will cost us a little more in the race. It’s a shame not to get ahead
Rain in race
“It’s true that when the track stabilizes a little and we put the intermediate and wet tire up to temperature, it’s possible that we’ll go back a little bit. Maybe with our car we’re able to get everything up to temperature a little bit and that helps, but I think it will cost a little more tomorrow. It’s a shame not to start further ahead, but I think it will cost,” said the Williams driver about his options in a race in which rain is expected this Sunday.
