2023-07-02 23:43:23
Carlos Sainz did not hide his anger with his bosses. Ferrari’s attitude deprived him of having tried the epic to hunt down Max Verstappen and, in addition, he was left off the podium in Austria in the end. The Spaniard bit his tongue when, hotly, they asked him about it.
“I’m not very happy. There was race pace for more than being fourth, and everything I’ve been through playing as a team and after I compromised behind Leclerc at the stop, and the virtual safety car, then come back, the penalty for track limits… », Sainz recalled to the DAZN microphones. “Today I had a good pace, good overtaking, good defense and even so the result is fourth, which is not what I expected”, he resigned himself before a sanction relegated him to sixth place.
Sainz assured that he will ask for explanations of what happened. “It will have to be analyzed, but clearly I am not happy with how everything has happened. When you see yourself with rhythm and play as a team, and this happens to you… you stay in check”, he bit his tongue.
In fact, although it was an unexpected benefit, his final fight with Sergio Pérez helped Charles Leclerc cement his second place. Sainz did not hide the reality either: “There I was thinking about my podium more than about Charles.”
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Although he stayed outside the noble zone, Fernando Alonso was not too disappointed with the result of the race. Being fifth at this circuit is already improving on what Aston Martin did in the past.
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“You always expect a bit more, especially with the run of podiums. I was hoping for a bit more, but we haven’t had a good weekend. In Austria last year Aston Martin was the tenth team, and this year we didn’t do well either; Haas was sixth and here too… We have to study what happens so that it doesn’t happen again next year, “he asked.
Overall, it wasn’t a great weekend, although the loot wasn’t too bad. “We have lost with Ferrari and cut back a bit with Mercedes. Every weekend there will be ups and downs for everyone, and we will have a chance for revenge at the next grand prix », he said of the Silverstone event.
Alonso admitted that it is going to be a race that he will have to reanalyze. «I don’t know, it’s a race that I have to watch on TV… I went out with the hard ones and then with the virtual safety we lost that advantage. You have to analyze, “he stressed.
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