Carlos Sainz he wants his first podium this season. Only charles leclerc He has climbed into the drawer with the Ferrari. And that could change in Austria. The Spaniard is optimistic for this weekend. “The thing in Canada was a rush…”, he said at the official press conference prior to the race.
“Seeing the pace of the race, we went forwards and not backwards on sunday. We finished fourth and fifth with both cars, but the perception was different, it has been a boost of motivation for the whole team”, said Sainz.
“To avoid excessive traffic on the track, the short-term solution could be to split the Q1 in groups of 10 cars, with eight minutes per group and one car per team, especially on the shorter tracks”, details Leclerc’s teammate.
Celebrate the format by sprint: “It shouldn’t affect the grid too much because it divides the performance of the cars. There could also be a single lap on the sprint weekend, I liked this format of having the whole track to myself, it would be fun.”
“The team has done an incredible job with these improvements that we will introduce this weekend. The thanks that I have given them for this have not been enough. We must congratulate them on the effort and we hope to take a step forward”, said Sainz.
He is fifth in the drivers’ standings with 68 points. Very far from Lewis Hamilton, by Fernando Alonso and of course the two Red Bulls, Checo Perez and Max Verstappen. But Sainz believes that this distance can be reduced in the next races.
