At the end of the session Carlos Sainz was unable to hide his disappointment. The Spanish driver, who became a point of reference for Ferrari in Canada after the penalty remitted by Charles Leclerc following the replacement of the power unit, was unable to undermine Max Verstappen in the fight for pole and was overtaken in the times table. also from the surprise of the day Fernando Alonso.
The Alpine driver, very fast on the Montreal track since Friday, managed to snatch the second reference of the day from his compatriot in the final seconds of a simply stupendous session and tomorrow he will have the opportunity to share the front row with the championship leader. .
Sainz, on the other hand, will have to try to annoy the Red Bull driver by starting from the fourth box. A result below expectations, especially considering the technical potential of the Ferrari F1-75 on the flying lap, which Carlos explained once he got out of the cockpit of his car.
“In the last lap I managed to get the best T1, but in the second sector I made a mistake in the last corner and I lost half a second. I was attacking to try to take pole and in the end I finished in third place for that mistake ”.
Carlos Sainz, Ferrari F1-75
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Sainz then explained that he had found a worsening of the feeling with his car when the asphalt of the Montreal track began to dry, allowing the drivers to leave the Pirellis in extreme wet conditions to move on to the intermediates.
“Today I felt pretty good in the car, especially with the full wet tires. When the track dried up the others managed to progress while I was a couple of tenths away ”.
Despite the disappointment for a third time that leaves a bad taste in the mouth, Carlos wanted to look forward to tomorrow’s race and made no secret of ambitions for victory. The Spaniard, however, absolutely does not want to underestimate the unknown Alonso.
“We are still in a good position for the race. It will be a good fight with Max and let’s see what we can do with Fernando as he has been fast since Friday. I’ll try to have a good race and we’ll see if I can fight for the victory ”.
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