Sainz: “At Red Bull you either be aggressive under braking or you don’t pass”

Carlos Sainz signed for Sublime Sprint Race. He continued to attack, as the script indicates, due to his fifth starting position and his five starting positions on the grid for Sunday’s race in São Paulo. I was. He gave it his all and, like Hamilton, won his seven-time champion, defending his position despite the Englishman’s faster pace. His two-time champion Max also overtook Verstappen with an aggressive maneuver. make a fan The Spaniard thinks Mercedes has a faster pace, which started Sunday with Russell and Hamilton on the front row, where he was first and he was second, and Verstappen’s softness could be better if he used his rubber. I think the pacing is questionable. Fitted with medium tires. The Spaniard said this weekend was another example of what his season has been like. We changed the combustion chamber on Friday, so he will have to start seventh on days where he can start second.

evaluation

“Normally we are downgraded over Mercedes and we have seen how hard they push. I had to be aggressive because I had the best places, I was happy with the pace, the race, Mercedes took a step forward and the race pace seems to be very quick.”

His progress to Verstappen

“He’s definitely on the limit. It’s very difficult to pass here. I had to adjust the line a lot to pass him in the first corner and Red Bull are very quick on the straights. So either be aggressive on braking or don’t pass him so you have to do it while braking sorry if it hits you but it’s a race and you want to get it But sometimes you have to go.”

MERCEDES, more rhythm

“We have a decent pace this weekend, but maybe Mercedes has a little more pace. We have to pass them on the track, I will start seventh on penalties and Charles will start fourth or fifth, so we have to have a good race to beat them. Hmm.”

Return

“Definitely the car is better here. We have better pace, but I don’t know about Red Bull, because they had the means and they had their problems. But from today on, Mercedes is race pace. “Lewis[Hamilton]put pressure on me and George was able to get away from me. We still have work to do to beat them but at least today is good. We raced and we were able to separate them.Unfortunately tomorrow we have a very expensive penalty (fifth place).It would be better to start second and we can try something but I will do my best to come back.”

penalty

“It was good, but it was difficult. I finished second, but I spent a lot of laps defending Lewis, I passed Max, but his top speed made it quite difficult. If I start second tomorrow, If it had been, Mercedes would have been more vulnerable because they had better pace and degradation, but at least we would be in the fight.Unfortunately I have that penalty and it is This is the story of my season, when you have the rhythm and you get stronger, there is something that keeps me going. increase.”