“A demon in the wet”. So Christian Horner defined Carlos Sainz, who today canceled the zero on the pole positions won in his career. The Spaniard made no mistakes on the decisive lap, while Charles Leclerc turned around at the Chapel exit when in all likelihood he had a lap in his hands that would have earned pole position.
Max Verstappen had to lift his foot as a result of the yellow flag taken following the 360 ° of Leclerc and therefore considering the 72 thousandths of difference between the Dutchman and Sainz it is probable that without Leclerc Verstappen’s error he could have confirmed himself in front of everyone as already happened in Q1 and Q2. This was not the case and for Sainz it is a tasty rematch after in 2015 he had to experience a rather unbalanced atmosphere in Toro Rosso in favor of the Dutchman, who was immediately promoted to Red Bull after a few races in 2016.
Carlos Sainz instead had to wander a bit to build a career as a top team and after Toro Rosso, Renault and McLaren in 2021 the signing with Ferrari arrived and in 2022 the extension until 2024. Sainz in the wet has always exalted himself since his debut in F1 and today was no exception.
Red Bull for sure if they had to choose which Ferrari to have in pole position alongside Max Verstappen in the front row would certainly have chosen the number # 55, the fact remains that the tweet of compliments for the great ex it’s a nice gesture from the Milton Keynes team. For the first time, in fact, Carlos Sainz and Max Verstappen will start side by side in the front row. After the second place in Canada it was Mercedes who dedicated a message on social media to the Spanish driver, underlining that “His day will come sooner or later”. Meanwhile, today the zero at the pole position has been transformed into a 1, tomorrow the goal is to do the same for the ‘career victories’ box.
We have a new front row! 🤝 Congrats to @ Carlossainz55 on your first Pole Position 👏 # F1 pic.twitter.com/AOgQTkHnZM
– Oracle Red Bull Racing (@redbullracing) July 2, 2022
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