While teammate Charles Leclerc took pole position, Carlos Sainz, who drove another Scuderia Ferrari F1-75, suffered a series of unlucky moments and ended up in 9th place in disappointment.
Sainz set the 4th fastest time in Q1 and 2nd fastest in Q2 to advance to the final Q3, but the first lap for the pole battle was due to the red flag being waved by the crash of his fellow countryman Fernando Alonso. I was forced to interrupt, and in the one run left, the course entry was delayed due to trouble, and I might not make perfect preparations and made a mistake.
Sainz, who finished the qualifying, explained, “There was a problem with the starter. Because the car did not start, I was supposed to leave three minutes later than planned.”
“The tires weren’t ready, the heat didn’t go in, and as everything was rushed, I had to lap with frozen tires. That was a terrible lap.”
“Everything went wrong in Q3. I said I fought for pole position throughout the qualifying.”
Team representative Mattia Binotto’s words can’t be comforting, but Sainz is trying to focus on tomorrow’s race.
“He (Binotto) knows I’m angry because he shouldn’t have this problem with the starter. It was just a disaster.”
“No matter who pleases me, I’m not happy at all, but tomorrow is another day, so I’ll do my best to make a comeback.”
The pole position is Charles Leclerc (Ferrari). Max Verstappen was second, Sergio Perez was third, and Red Bull Racing siege Leclerc.
The 2022 F1 Australian Grand Prix final race will start at 14:00 on Sunday, April 10th, Japan time. Compete for the championship by making 58 laps around the 5,279m Albert Park Circuit.
