Sainz’s surprising behind-the-scenes move everyone is talking about after his win in Singapore

Carlos Sainz is not only a very fast and very hard-working driver. One of his great attributes is that he knows how to read the race better than any of his competitors.He has already demonstrated it several times by modifying the wall strategy Ferrariista In the middle of the race, as in the famous “stop inventing!” Silverstone 2022, There he won his first victory. More than a year has passed since then, His second F1 victory came this Sunday at the Singapore F1 GP.. And also, it was after a very intelligent race where he deliberately delayed the race thinking to save a few seconds and save tires while perfectly managing the pressure from his rivals. But arguably one of the most intelligent actions is Sainz I was behind the wheel on the last lap when he was running in front. land norris Both were pressed by two people mercedes It’s much faster because it uses new rubber.

important final decision

Sainz couldn’t afford a single mistake and knew it would be difficult to overtake on this track. But the Mercedes with new tires arrived like a plane. It was then that the Spaniard made it clear what he had to do to have a chance of winning. The engineer radioed that he was getting closer to Russell. But there was a moment when Carlos took the reins and asked to be told “the distance to Norris every lap.” No one could see why he needed to know how far away he was from Norris, even though it was Russell, not Land, who could steal the win from Norris. They will notice right away.The Spaniard had reduced the margin by allowing Norris to close in on Lando in order to force the McLaren-born Brit into the DRS zone..

Here it is, Lando Norris opened DRS on the straight and was able to protect himself from Mercedes’ attacks with his higher top speed. Carlos was intelligent in moments of pure tension between the walls, in the most physically demanding race, no wheels, accumulated fatigue and the push of Mercedes. Rather than try to run away from Norris, he allowed the British rider to pay for himself and his best friend on the grid to aim for first and second place together.

Sainz himself revealed this in an interview before the awards ceremony, as David Coulthard looked on, shocked to hear of Carlos’s actions. “The aim was to reduce the limits and deterioration of the tyres. We had to hit return targets with each compound. We had to stop earlier than expected with the safety car, so we could do more with the hard tyres. I knew I had to take my time, I had to slow down even more to not give George a chance on the medium tire, and it worked out perfectly. Perfect.”commented.

“I gave Lando Norris a DRS and took him in and ended up winning.”he added at the end.

“Carlos was great.” “I don’t have the courage to do what he did.” Ferrari Ambassador Margue Genet commented on “DAZN F1”. “The team was telling him the distance to Russell, and there was a moment where he asked for the distance to Norris. Carlos asked for it. The engineer asked him, ‘Why?’ , Carlos replied that it was the right thing to do.” What did he want? It was Carlos’ idea, but no one on the team thought of it. Carlos’ cold-bloodedness, along with his speed, is something special…of the 20 drivers on the grid, very few would have thought about what he had done. ”added the Catalan.

“Carlos was very generous.”

“I admire you for having the brains to think about helping Lando Norris win. Was there ever a moment when you doubted victory?” Coulthard replied. “I felt like I had peace of mind and had the space to win, but I’m not going to lie. There was obviously pressure on me and if I made a mistake it could have gone wrong, but I had no control whatsoever. I was able to win many times, so I’m very happy right now.”concluded the Spaniard, before Norris gave his version of what happened.

“Carlos has been very generous in helping me with DRS. It has helped my career as well as yours. I knew it was going to be complicated since Mercedes stopped. Overtaking We knew it would be difficult, but we managed to keep them at bay. We are second. “We did what we had to do, I’m very happy,” commented the McLaren driver. Sainz and Norris, former teammates and close friends, played as a team. Together they were stronger. Together they were able to defeat Mercedes. Unions create power.