Carlos Sainz finished the French Grand Prix outside the points zone after a very difficult race for Ferrari . The Madrid driver suffered a lot at Paul Ricard and finished in eleventh position. “Very bad overall, it is clear that something is not working,” said the Ferrari driver, who beat Charles Leclerc in France.
The face of Carlos Sainz after the conclusion of the race showed the mood in the Ferrari garage. The Italian team finished with its two drivers outside the points zone after a race in which the red car had a very slow pace: « It is clear that something is not working, on the side of the tires it is something that I sincerely noticed from the first day I joined the team . There is something that does not work in the race and that is what you have to focus on and work on ».
The Madrid driver appreciated the team’s strategy and Leclerc’s undercut : “On the strategy side, there wasn’t much to do. When you have such a bad pace and so much degradation, you can’t do anything with strategy . Leclerc had to stop early because he ran out of wheels and, although I was riding just right, no matter how much I undercut, I had to keep pulling to stop later ».
Finally, Carlos Sainz reflected on the improvements the team needs to make for the coming weekends. » We have to try to understand what we are doing wrong in the race . You will see us try things to try to solve this problem in the next races, it is becoming very evident that in the race we are going backwards. We will have to analyze and see how we can improve, “concluded Carlos Sainz, visibly angry at the end of the race.
