Lto the discrepancy between Carlos Sainz and Fernando Alonso, in the Azerbaijan Sprint race, has come up in the pledge wheel prior to the GP of Austria, where both pilots have coincided this Thursday. The Asturian believed that Carlos had closed him in the short test and after seeing the video everything was settled between them, as Fernando later recognized that “there are times when you see the video and that it is not as much as you thought inside the car”, he affirmed in his gives Alonso about the misunderstanding.
Regarding a possible distancing, Sainz rejects this type of rumor and, above all, ‘fake’ news that appears on the networks in Spain. “My relationship with Fernando is as good as ever.. It is true that this year we are fighting in very even positions, but nothing changes. We perfectly know how to separate what happens inside the track from what happens outside and We continue to maintain a good friendship. About some things that have been published, I’m not going to go into assessing nonsense, it’s not worth it,” he said.
The improvements, in the right direction
about the new bodywork premiered in Barcelona, which is being completed with other parts for the SF23. In Austria it seems they will have a new front wing and a modified floor. “With the updatesIf we are confident of taking another step in the right direction, that is our goal. The team is putting in an incredible effort and has shown it by bringing these updates in time for this weekend: I cannot thank enough the people who have worked to have these pieces here. It has been a great effort from everyone and I want to congratulate them. We will do everything possible so that these improvements work for us and we are as competitive as possible this weekend”, he pointed out about the second evolution in three races
Green shoots in Canada
“I think that in Canada there was a big boost for the whole team, especially if we look at the race pace: After a couple of difficult races where we had a hard time getting into the rhythm, we finally in Montreal it seemed that we had a good rhythm. We managed to recover positions instead of going back, and that also makes a difference in the perception of things. Therefore, the perception and the pace were different, and this is good news and a great injection of confidence for the team. Tire management was also linked to the race weekend, on a circuit with low degradation that helped us. But this shows that when you have a good car and can handle the tires, even the strategies become easier. That’s what we’re working on to make sure we focus on race pace and have a car like we had in Canada, because it will help us recover race positions, make the strategy more flexible and have more fun”, he evaluates about what happened two weeks ago and with the hope that this step forward will be consolidated this weekend..
The sanction and the traffic in the qualification
Carlos was asked about the penalty he suffered in Canada, from eighth to 11, for hindering Gasly and the Spaniard has proposed a possible solution to this type of problem in Q1, where there are 20 cars on the track looking for a space to prepare the best possible lap.
“To avoid excessive traffic on the runway, the short-term solution could be to divide Q1 into two groups of 10 cars, with a duration of 8 minutes per group. It will be one car per team, especially on short circuits. For Q2, the traffic will already improve a lot, and in Q3 it is not a problem. It shouldn’t affect the grid too much because it splits the performance of the cars, or there could be only one lap (for each car) in the Sprint weekend, Let’s see if it can work.”
