The Dash Race in america Grand Prix on the Austin circuit noticed Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz as key gamers, battling for 19 laps. The 2 Ferrari drivers dueled, all the time inside the limits, attempting to get as shut as potential to the rostrum.
Ultimately, the Spaniard got here out on prime: ranging from fifth place, he completed the brief race in second place. His Maranello teammate, nonetheless, completed fourth, having to accept staying off the rostrum, regardless of the investigation into Lando Norris’ transfer, which was judged to be unfair in direction of him.
When requested if the battle between him and Charles Leclerc within the Austin Dash value them each the possibility of victory, Carlos Sainz responded:
“Properly, initially, I disagree along with your remark,” he stated within the post-race press convention. “It’s a Dash, and I consider everybody fights arduous from begin to end.” – he identified on the finish of the Dash race.
Carlos Sainz then defined if there might be workforce orders throughout Sunday’s race to forestall comparable conditions. “Clearly, the principle race is longer, the place everybody tends to handle the tires extra and so forth. And everybody applies the teachings realized from the Dash.”
For driver #55, it is going to be about “being able to attempt to win once more. And, like the whole lot else, loads of issues are decided by the beginning and the primary lap. You by no means know the way it will prove.”
Carlos Sainz defined that there received’t be a “tremendous clear plan, as a result of it often modifications after the primary nook and fully after the beginning. So we’ll see.”
The Spanish driver is assured that if he and Charles Leclerc work collectively, Ferrari can “battle with these two guys up entrance [Max Verstappen and Lando Norris, editor’s note]. Can we beat them beginning behind them? That’s one other factor. It’s by no means simple to overhaul in System 1, particularly in the case of McLaren and Pink Bull.” – Carlos Sainz concluded.
Oct 20, 2024
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