Nothing has gone well for Carlos Sainz at Silverstone. The driver from Madrid has been a victim of the lack of rhythm of the SF-23 and of a new bad strategy from Ferrari who have been relegated to the tenth position.
The man from Madrid he had made his stop on lap 27and five laps later, an engine failure in Kevin Magnussen’s Haas caused the safety car exit.
Sainz saw how Fernando Alonso and Lewis Hamilton, who were behind him, they overtook him taking advantage of the fact that the race was neutralized. At that moment, the ’55’ asked his engineer to tell him how many positions he would lose if he stopped again.
“Tell me what the positions are and what tires they have, quick!Sainz told Riccardo Adami over the radio, showing obvious nervousness.
“We would lose three positions“, replied the engineer. “Tell me with whom and the tires” Sainz asked, to which Adami replied with some insecurity: “‘Czech’ and Charles. 16 laps left. Oh, and Albon!“.
Sainz delegated the decision to the Ferrari strategists, who they decided not to stop. The Spanish he could not cope with the attacks of Pérez, Leclerc, and Albon with his hard tiresand ended up falling to a tenth position that tastes shortly after starting the race with an eye on the podium.
