Tranquility none was the one that had Carlos Sainz in the Azerbaijan GP qualifying. Because everything that he could go through, what could happen, ended up happening to him. The one from Ferrari, in a ‘qualy’ in which there were up to two red flags in the first 15 minutes, He was seen to be able to get a fairly clean lap in each qualifying round. And still, fourth.
Even with everything that happened to him put the car in the second row. He put the car next to a Red Bull. To a super powerful Red Bull. To one who until the last moment was fighting for the pole. He will be there, with Sergio Pérez, and with the feeling of what else can happen to him.
In Q1, where it was going to be his first timed attempt, went through the pits for some problem with your tires. In the second, the first of the red flags that caused him to ‘burn’ his tires a bit. And then, another stop for the Pierre Gasly accident.
And in Q2 the ‘party’ continued
All this without having to do with him, but other things did have him as the protagonist. A spin, without consequences, in Q1. He controlled the car well, and thank goodness. In Q2, where others erred on optimism, he pulled the loophole to avoid wrecking the car. But there was almost nothing to regret.
Because he almost hit the wall, and because Alex Albon complained that it bothered him on his fastest lap in Baku. There was no investigation lucky for him.
A single game for Q3
He got to Q3 as best he could. fighting. Struggling. Against all odds. His tires, yes, at a disadvantage compared to the rest. He only had one game, and with it he did on his first attempt his final time.
He gave it to be fourth, surpassing Lewis Hamilton’s Mercedes and Fernando Alonso’s Aston Martin. Right after the two Red Bulls, and after the Ferrari of his teammate Charles Leclerc. The Monegasque, pole.
