“I tried to push it in the last corner, but lost 5 tenths and ended up P3,” Carlos Sainz “gutted” after securing second row start for Ferrari
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Carlos Sainz the Ferrari Formula One driver has secured P3 for tomorrow’s Canadian Grand Prix and this has come when his teammate Leclerc is set to start the race from the back of the grid.
The qualifying session was an important one for Ferrari and Carlos Sainz did give his all in the tricky wet weather conditions to make sure that the Maranello-based team is up at the front end with Verstappen and Alonso who finished Quali in P1 and P2.
During the post-qualifying interview, Carlos said, “I was feeling okay with the car, especially in the full wet. In the last lap, I was purple sector 1 and then lost time in sector 2. I tried to push it in the last corner, but lost 5 tenths and ended up P3“
Carlos believes he could have challenged for the front row in Q3 had he not lost time in sector 2 and during the last corner of the Montreal track.
Nonetheless, P3 is a relatively good position for Ferrari to start the race in and it is going to be up to the Spaniard to get the team to a great start by getting his “elbows out” during the first lap of the race.
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Can Carlos Sainz get the better of Max Verstappen in Canada?
After qualifying, it has been made clear that the Italian team is going to start the Canadian Grand Prix behind Max Verstappen with Carlos Sainz and for a change, the hope of the team is going to be on the Spaniard to do what Leclerc has done during the season.
For Ferrari, Leclerc has been the one who has gone tow-to-tow with Verstappen on most occasions whereas Carlos has struggled with a few DNFs to his name.
With Leclerc almost out of the picture for a podium finish, the responsibility is now going to be on the 28 -year-old Sainz to give Ferrari a Grand Prix win in Montreal.
Carlos Sainz is known as the “smooth operator” because of his silky skills behind the wheel and come tomorrow, it is going to be interesting to see whether the Spaniard would be able to take on the mantle of being the lead car for Ferrari in the Canadian Grand Prix.
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Rishabh Negi
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