Carlos Sainz appeared before the media after his seventh place in the race of the Singapore Grand Prix of Formula 1. His accident in qualifying and a difficult start hindered him, but a change in strategy helped him overtake several cars and aim to finish the test with good tire management. The Madrid native assured that he will spend many hours investigating the differences between the Ferrari one lap and at race pace in this three-week break until austin.
«The strategy was risky and it was to go to the limit because it made me very slow at the end of the race, but if we wanted to pass to the middle of the grid in front of us it was necessary, we had to do it and in the end we will never know if we would have done the opposite. What is clear is that we finished seventh, which was more or less where the prediction gave us, especially starting on the dirty side, having to avoid a Williams at the start that almost made us lose the race in turn 1 and from there finishing in the points that was the objective. “It has been a weekend trying to limit damage,” Sainz began.
«We have thought about a safety car, having a new soft tire, more damage could have been done in the end, but it is what it is. It hasn’t been our weekend. “We limited damage, we made good overtakes, we showed good pace when I had the opportunity to show it and then at the end in Singapore it wasn’t going to be easy starting tenth,” he explained.
«It is clear that this year’s car and I occasionally struggle in qualifying to find the exact spot where to put the tire to make a good lap. Last year it was the car’s strong point, this year it is the race and in qualifying it is more difficult. “We have to finish discovering it and knowing why and see how we can improve it between now and the end of the year,” he said.
«To come out on the dirty side I didn’t do bad. I came out relatively well. Then in turn 1 I had to be careful with Charles (Leclerc) ahead and then a Williams arrived on the inside, braking very late and almost taking us two places. Absolutely nothing has happened, but when you are playing the constructors’ championship with the team there you have to be careful with cars that have less to lose, because their life is at stake at the start and you when you are playing so many points for the team you have to be more careful,” he added to the Spanish-speaking media on the circuit. Marine Bay.
Sainz will study the Ferrari until he reaches Austin
“The race pace is positive, while the classification has been our weak point, which is something that for the last six races I would like to analyze calmly and see how we can improve,” he assured. “We have to wait for tracks like Austin to see how the car goes,” Sainz concluded after the race in Singapore.
