2023-07-03 05:43:40
Scuderia Carlos Sainz said he was satisfied with his competitive and fast pace at Sunday’s F1 Austrian Grand Prix, but said the race was compromised by a pit stop during the early virtual safety car period. Lament. At the start, Sainz was chasing Ferrari team-mate Charles Leclerc in third while Verstappen was leading the pack.
Sainz’s fast pace eventually led to demands to overtake Leclerc, but Ferrari ordered him not to fight his teammate. Ferrari appeared to have made the right decision to pit their drivers during the VSC, but the move only favored Leclerc’s track position and came at a heavy price for Sainz. Sainz lost a lot of time as a result of changing double stack tires at the end of VSC. After this, Sainz received a five-second penalty for exceeding the track limit. (10 seconds added following the race) “The first and second stints were very quick,” Sainz explained. “Obviously, the second stint was already compromised at the first pit stop. We pitted behind Charles and lost six or seven seconds of race time due to the end of the virtual safety car.” I was given a position by a car I shouldn’t have, and I had to push on the medium tyre, to overtake him, and I got a track limit[penalty].” “From that point on, my race was compromised. But if you look at the pace, I was very quick from there.” Sainz said if he had been left out during the VSC, or if the teams had swapped cars early in the race, Ferrari would have been at the Red Bull Ring. I think I might have won a double podium in . “It’s just frustrating,” Sainz said. “The pace of the car has picked up considerably over the last few races. This year it’s been very fast, especially in the races, so I hope we can take advantage of that a bit more. I feel like we’ve taken a big step forward.” I think we might have shot for second or third today.” Despite strong pace, Sainz struggled to “find the positives”. Despite his strong pace, Sainz said he “struggled to see the positives”. Leclerc, who finished second, thought following the race that he had made the most of the opportunities that presented him on Sunday, but felt that Sainz might have done better. “Honestly, I am very happy with my performance today. I think there’s a lot of stuff going on, we’ve had good pace, we’ve had good overtaking, we’ve had good defense, but I don’t see anything positive regarding finishing fourth,” Sainz said. “So I think it’s frustrating that we haven’t maximized the points.” Carlos Sanz was handed a further 10-second penalty for violating track limits following the race, dropping him from fourth to sixth.
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