Carlos Sainzthird; charles leclerc, second. The Ferraris have taken a step forward in Austria and are very close to the Red Bull of max verstappen. Something that has surprised even the Spanish driver, who expressed it in the final press conference after qualifying.
“I think it’s been a good qualifying, very good as a team and I feel like we’ve made good progress lately. Maybe we’re closer to Max than expectedso I think that in general we have to be happy”, has indicated the one of Ferrari.
The goal is a podium with both cars: “There is still a long weekend ahead of us and at the moment we are in a good position to try to get a podium with both cars, but tomorrow we will see why there may be other conditions.” (referring to the rain)”.
“The cars remain in parc fermé and, therefore, they cannot be improved much but we will try to fine-tune those small details to see if we can get a tenth or two for the short race,” said Sainz.
Ferrari is close and everything could happen this weekend. Red Bull, in the words of Marko HelmutHe already warned that his biggest rival for Red Bull Ring would be Leclerc. And he will start second on Sunday behind Max.