Saint: “There are drivers who intentionally leave ‘dirty’ air in the back of the car”

The Spaniard attributed this parameter to his exclusion from Q1 and 16th place, from which he will return tomorrow (Sunday, November 26th, 3:00 p.m.) at the Abu Dhabi GP, the 22nd and final race of this year’s Formula 1 series. Championship, will start.

“There were cars on the track today…”Saint said. “Among us drivers, we know that if you’re two seconds or a second ahead of another car in a corner, you’re going to force it [τον οδηγό που ακολουθεί] losing a tenth or two in this verse.

When the differences are small Q1 or at Q2, I see that many people intentionally leave a little “dirty” air, perhaps so that others lose some time in some corners, and this cannot be considered an obstacle, since the point is not that you (e.g. the following driver) have to take your foot off the gas. But you know you are letting in “dirty” air and forcing it [τον οδηγό που ακολουθεί] I’m having a bad time this round.continued the 29-year-old.

And about his performance today he added: “So he comes out last [στο Q1] Especially in the first two sections of the track I was very close to the leading cars and felt like I was losing tenths of a second in every corner. I think everyone does that. But if you put yourself in a disadvantageous position in line on the track, then you’re going to suffer more.”

Meanwhile, Saint explained the causes of his serious accident in the second free practice session on Friday afternoon (November 24th), saying that today there was no “slap” of the asphalt combined with the “dirty” air of the leading car and the sudden shaking of the rear of the Ferrari SF-23.

“Today was much better. he said, “Basically there wasn’t even Samaraki. We drove at full throttle without any problems. This hasn’t even been a corner in all previous years, Turn 3, but for some reason yesterday the car landed on the tarmac and caused a violent shaking at the rear.

I haven’t lost any confidence or anything like that. Because this isn’t even a qualifying round. So I honestly wasn’t worried about it today. The point is that for some reason it’s difficult to get a good lap in that three day period, especially with the soft rubber. You need the perfect rounds in Q1 and to Q2 and for some reason I didn’t get it”.

As a result, the Spaniard was hoping for a better race tomorrow with the harder tires: “I hope things get better. I feel like I struggled these two weeks on the soft rubber for some reason, but our lap sets weren’t that bad. So we know what we have to do tomorrow, which is to recover well and try to get points,” he concluded.