sick of ferrari. This is how Carlos Sainz finished at the Austrian Grand Prix. The Spanish pilot was the victim of a poor strategic decision of the engineer wall of the Italians who prevented him from fighting for the podium.
On lap 13, a failure in Nico Hulkenberg’s Haas led to the exit of the virtual safety car. Sainz was glued to Charles Leclerc after being ordered by Ferrari to hold position despite the fact that the ’55’ was much quicker.
The two cars of the ‘Scuderia’ they had come out with medium tires, so that neutralization of the race opened the stop window for them. However, the fact of going into the pits close to Leclerc put Carlos’ third place at risk, and to top it off, the mechanics made a bad stop.
Seeing that he ended up losing two positions, with ‘Checo’ Pérez and Lando Norris, Sainz became desperate and did not hesitate to convey his discomfort to the team over the radio. “Come on guys. Why haven’t we stayed out? Come on!“Said the man from Madrid.
After the race he criticized the decision again. “I’m obviously not very happy. Today there was more rhythm than to be fourth. After holding on behind Charles as we had planned, hHaving lost six or seven seconds and three positions due to the pit stop that has conditioned the race… and then the penalty came”, said the Ferrari driver in statements to ‘DAZN’.
“The fact is that today I had a lot of pace and the result is fourth, which is not what we wanted. It will have to be analyzed, but I’m not happy. I don’t want to say that you look like a fool, but After doing teamwork this happened to you…“, concluded Carlos Sainz.
