Difficult day in Austin for Carlos Sainz Jr, who like all his colleagues had to take the measures at the ‘Circuit of the Americas’ full of bumps and bumps.
The Ferraris did not shine in Friday’s Free Practice, but what the lap times actually say is less than what the real potential of the Red and the Spanish driver would be.
“First of all I have to say that I had a lot of fun, I love this track and every lap it is a pleasure to face these variants so different from each other”, Sainz begins to the microphones in the post-session.
“With the car we suffered a lot from disconnections in Free Practice 1, so we tried to find a set-up that would allow us to improve in Free Practice 2.”
“I’m happy because we succeeded, even if the times do not show it completely, since I found some traffic and made a couple of mistakes in the last sector when I was pushing. But everything gives me hope for Saturday. “.
Carlos Sainz Jr., Ferrari SF21
Photo by: Zak Mauger / Motorsport Images
In addition to the problems due to the nature of the Texan circuit, for Sainz and the SF21 there will be a lot of work to do on Saturday, not so much for Qualifying, but to be at our best on Sunday in the United States GP, given that the chances of getting back on top there they are all.
“The cars are very sensitive and we know how important it is to have clean air in trying to make the fast lap. It is a long track and it will not be easy, in Qualifying, to take space between one car and another, because wherever you are, you always risk find someone slower “.
“Especially in the third sector, where among other things we have the problem of overheating of the tires. It is an aspect that has complicated things a lot, we will work to optimize the set-up in view of the race, which is very important”.
“Here you can overtake and you don’t have to play everything on just one lap, so it will be very important that the car works well on Sunday.”
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