Sports writing, May 7. The Spanish Carlos Sainz (Ferrari), fifth in the Formula One World Championship, who this Sunday finished in that position the Miami Grand Prix (USA), the fifth in the championship, said, on the circuit built around the Hard Rock Stadium from the aforementioned town in the state of Florida, who are fighting “for pole position on Saturday”, but who “later, in the race” are “slapped a bit”.
“We fought for the ‘pole’ on Saturday; and then, Sunday arrives and they slap us a bit in the race,” Sainz, 28, explained this Sunday in Miami to the Dazn television channel, who recounts a victory in the queen category, in which he has fifteen podiums.
“With the Red Bulls, who are on another planet; and then the Aston Martin, with much better degradation. And the Mercedes, who are one second behind in the ‘quali’; then, in the race, they put us two or three tenths” , said Sainz, fifth in the World Cup, with 44 points: 75 less than the leader, the Dutchman Max Verstappen (Red Bull), who this Sunday reinforced his first place in the general classification with a display that took him from ninth place on the grid to ultimate triumph.
“I think that if we had made a slightly more standard strategy, we would have done better. We tried to go for the podium; and that still cost us fourth place,” said the Madrid-born Ferrari driver after finishing fifth in Miami.
“I think I did a very good first stint (run). I pushed Fernando (Alonso, his compatriot, Aston Martin’s double Asturian champion, who finished third this Sunday) as much as I could. The second stint was a shot in the foot, in my opinion. It was too long”, aimed.
“With the first stint, which was good, I thought the podium was possible, and that passing Fernando was possible. It was a strong stint, which gave us the chance to go for the undercut. We stopped on lap 18, more or less, I think: and by stopping and doing two or three fast laps with the hard ones to do the ‘undercut’, we have ruined the rest of the race”, explained the Spaniard from Ferrari.
“We have started to degrade the tyre, to overheat it, and that shows a bit that we have very little flexibility with our car to do different strategies,” he said.
“We suffered a lot, with the inconsistency; with the overheating of the tire; and that leaves you very little flexibility,” said Sainz after finishing fifth this Sunday in Miami.
