Sainz: “Anything can happen in this race”

“Sympathy. The truth is that the whole” qualy “was very successful. I think I was taking a step forward from Free Practice 3 and competing for pole position. However, he made a mistake on turn two to find the limit and find the last tenth of the car. It was a little too aggressive against the accelerator. Here’s how Carlos Sainz explained what happened in the Azerbaijan Grand Prix classification. .. Driver from Madrid He was closer than ever to the opportunity to conquer his first pole in F1. He set the fastest time on his first attempt at Q3, and if another red flag reappeared like most of the previous street circuit qualifying, Paul it was him. Again, luck turned his back on him, and in the final attempt he lost pole position and made two mistakes that could even occupy one of the first three places. This Sunday, Perez (2nd) and Verstappen (3rd).

“But that’s it. These things happen when you aim Paul for the limits. The good thing is that I’m getting closer and closer to the fight through classification,” he said in a statement to’DAZN F1. Added. ‘I regret what happened, but taking a positive side of things, Carlos was able to emphasize his speed and make a lot of progress compared to free practice, 2022. He fought harder than ever at the start of the pole position in the F1 World Championship.

And in the face of this Sunday, the Spaniards do not exclude anything. That’s because I was able to fight for victory in Monaco when everything seemed to be against him. Can’t you dream in Baku? There have been many surprises in recent years, and anything is possible at the circuit where “safety cars” are constantly appearing and changing the order.

“I think we’re in the middle of a fight. I think it’s difficult to beat Red Bull tomorrow because of race pace, but tomorrow we can start and overtake from 4th to 1st. I think the starting position isn’t that important. It’s here in Baku and I think anything can happen tomorrow, “Carlos insisted.

Car bounce

“I’m annoyed. I don’t know if there was a bottom with a lot of rebounds yesterday, but today I managed to improve and calm down a bit. I hope these cars will stop doing these things in the future. “Because there isn’t a difficult year before us,” he concludes with “DAZN F1” about the many rebounds his car received on Friday’s straight.