Carlos Sainz Criticizes Sergio Perez at Miami Grand Prix: Full Race Recap and Reactions

2024-05-05 23:23:15

Carlos Sainz was close to getting on the podium Miami Grand Prix following finishing fourth behind Lando Norris (McLaren), Max Verstappen (Red Bull) y Charles Leclerc (Ferrari). After the race, the Spaniard highlighted the good pace he maintained in the first laps.

“If you see, in the last 10 laps I went very fast. That’s the pace he had throughout the race. That’s why I think I have to stay positive,” he declared following the race.

Despite finishing in the first places and scoring important points for Ferrari, Carlos Sainz He was not left wanting and criticized a maneuver he carried out Sergio ‘Checo’ Perez in the beginning.

He español He talked regarding the not so good things that happened to him during the fight in Miami and highlighted the maneuver that the Mexican did at the beginning of the race, classifying him as “crazy”.

“Today there were two or three details in the race that cost me the podium, including a fight for victory … if we had been second at the start, which I think was the position I was in turn 1, before Checo (Pérez) threw himself like a madman, it would have been another race […]. It is what it is, they are Formula 1 races and we have had the bad side, but I stick to the pace; I think we are getting close, although it changes a lot from circuit to circuit,” the Ferrari driver declared to the media.

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“BEFORE CZECH RELAXED LIKE CRAZY, IT WOULD BE ANOTHER RACE” 😱

Sainz complained regarding Checo’s departure and says it was one of the factors why he mightn’t fight for the podium.

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That was not all, because during another interview Carlos Sainz brought up the subject once more Czech Perez during the start, blaming him for causing several drivers to lose control in the first few corners.

“I made a very good start, but I think it was Checo (Pérez), who came and threw us all off the track without much control, and then, in one lap, we didn’t take the Safety Car which would have made us win the race,” he told DAZN F1.

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