After nine attempts in this 2022 Formula 1 season, and more than a hundred in his entire life, Carlos Sainz got his first pole position, which gives him the right to start from the first position on the grid for Sunday’s race. at the British Grand Prix.
The driver from Madrid managed to be the fastest in the qualifying session at the mythical Silverstone track, and became the second Spaniard to do so, after all the ones achieved by Fernando Alonso. For this reason, his team, Ferrari, the most successful in the history of the highest category of motorsport, was very excited and happy about Sainz’s result.
Speaking after qualifying on DAZN F1 , the boss of the Italian team, Mattia Binotto , explained the sensations that were experienced inside the garage while the Spaniard joined the exclusive list of those who have ever made pole position in his trajectory.
“After Canada he has already gained confidence, and today he has been calm with these changing weather and track conditions, something vital for tire temperature,” said the Ferrari director. “If you feel calm and you think you have the confidence, you can do it.”
Carlos Sainz came very close to the top of the podium in the last round in Montreal, and only the great traction of Max Verstappen’s Red Bull on the straight before the finish line deprived him of victory. However, the man from Madrid has drawn strength from where he seemed not to have, after a start of the course with several dropouts, to make history on the circuit that gave birth to Formula 1.
“I’m very happy for him, it’s his first pole position, and I think he deserved it,” said Binotto. “Tomorrow we have a great opportunity to break that consecutive Red Bull streak of six wins in a row, I don’t know what will happen but we will see.”
Ferrari continues in its attempt to recover lost ground with respect to its main rivals, the Milton Keynes team, and believe that the decisions on the pit wall will be key to deciphering the name of the winner.
“We start first and third on the grid, and it will be a totally different situation, I think it will be dry, and the strategy is not clear if it will be one or two [stops] with the tires, there is a lot to decide,” said the boss of the team. Maranello team.
“You have to manage the tires because here a lot of energy is transferred in the corners, and it will be a difficult race, so the fastest car will win,” said Mattia Binotto .
