An exciting new weekend for Carlos Sainz . After his second place in the Monaco Grand Prix, the Madrid rider wants to continue growing in red and he felt very good again in free practice in Baku. Sainz set the third fastest time this Friday, just behind the Red Bulls of Checo Pérez and Max Verstappen . His teammate Charles Leclerc crashed into the barrier again, but was able to regain his good rhythm and finished in fourth place.
“We went better than expected, but it is also true that I had a couple of slip-ups on my good laps. We are not as fast as in Monaco , so we have to work to see if we can find a little more time per lap . Red Bull is very fast in short and long runs and we could not clearly see our pace in the long runs, ”said Carlos Sainz after the end of the last session on Friday.
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Carlos Sainz continues to show that he is being the best debutant of this season in Formula 1. Nobody has adapted better to his new team , to the point that he is only two points in the general classification compared to his teammate Leclerc , one of the great talents of the Great Circus. The Monegasque is being highly demanded by the former McLaren, who will try to keep up with the great pace of Friday’s two sessions in qualifying.
Despite insisting that the car is not as fast as in Monaco, Sainz was optimistic after his third place in free practice at the Azerbaijan Grand Prix: “In any case, it was a positive day because we were comfortable with it. car . This is something very good for the team and, if we can improve a little more for the classification, we can get into the fight ”, he concluded.
