Carlos Sainz celebrated his third place in the sprint race held at the Red Bull Ring in Austria this Saturday, although he remembers that most points were distributed on Sunday. And here the Ferrari driver sets his target: “I hope today is a start and tomorrow Charles and I can take the podium. and our situation in the championship began to reverse,” he stressed.
The Madrid Formula 1 driver summed up his performance in just 24 laps on Saturday, altered by the heavy rain that unloaded on the Spielberg circuit minutes before the start: “Conditions were complicated, It was our first time using intermediate tires and you never know what to expect from a well-balanced car.. Even though I struggled at high speed, it looked like we had a good pace. But I caught up with Checo and I would love to be close to him, but he was too fast.”
“Maybe we could have been a little faster but After we passed Hülkenberg, we got a little more self-confidence., I broke the tires and then I couldn’t stand next to the Checo. Anyway, it’s still a good result for us, it’s a good day for me and we will try to do well in the main race tomorrow.”
questioned by SF23’s rhythm and improvements included in Austriaespecially on the new ground, Sainz was satisfied: “It wasn’t bad, frankly Red Bull is still way ahead. I don’t know how it will go down tomorrow, I hope the car feels as good as it used to.” “It would be good news to be on the podium with either car,” insisted Carlos in qualifying.
Unlike the vast majority of pilots chasing him, Sainz retained his starting intermediate tires and completed 24 laps of the race without any problems.: “It’s been good and gives us confidence for tomorrow, but we have to take this with some care. Let’s see if there will be no deterioration and if we can get a good rhythm to start coming back”.