Ferrari He has shown to have a fast car at one lap. Third and fourth place achieved charles leclerc and Carlos Sainz in the qualifying for the Bahrain Grand Prix is the best proof that they can fight head-to-head with Red Bull on Saturdays, but the degradation continues to be a headache for the Italian team.
“The truth is that yesterday I did not have a very clean day and I lacked a bit of preparation arriving at this classification, but I have been able to progress and in the end I have done a lap that has earned me fourth, which is not ideal and it is not where we want to be, but given the circumstances I think it’s not bad”, Sainz told ‘DAZN’ after qualifying.
The best proof of this is that Leclerc has decided to sacrifice his last lap in Q3, giving up fighting for pole position, to have a new set of tires and try to compensate for the wear.
When asked about the expectations for the race, the man from Madrid has shown his concern. “Tomorrow we will have to suffer a little more because we know that the Ferrari degrades more than our rivals, but we will go for it,” he stated.
Sainz sees it as difficult to stand up to Red Bull for the win, and assures that his main threat will be Fernando Alonso’s race pace: “The fight is fun. It’s tight. Tomorrow in the race things are going to change. He can go from everything. Except for the Red Bulls, which I think are clear favourites, behind I think the Aston Martin They are going to be very strong and the Mercedes in the race usually go well too”.
