The Monegasque of Ferrari in the Sprint Race of the Austrian GP was unable to undermine the winner Verstappen: “Complicated start, then we had a similar pace to Red Bull to recover, but tomorrow will be different”. Sainz: “Fun race, in the duel I overheated the tires too much: we will have to improve the pace to beat Max”
So at the start, so at the finish: Max Verstappen, Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz occupied the podium of the Sprint Race of the F1 Austrian GP in that order, the same as the starting grid after a not exactly thrilling race. In the first laps the two Ferrari drivers tried to liven up the contest by dueling each other and losing some ground, but in the end the positions appeared rather frozen until the finish line.
verstappen flies
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The winner, Verstappen, earns another point over Leclerc: “It was great to see the enthusiasm of the fans in the stands for this success, Sprint races should always be done like this, pushing from start to finish: we had a good pace. from the beginning, even if there was a lot of balance with Ferrari – says the Dutch driver -. At the start I saw that the Ferraris fought each other and for this I broke away and gained a little “. In view of the race, however, Max remains cautious: “The GP will be interesting because it will be longer and therefore different, but the car is fine and we had a very competitive start to the weekend”.
leclerc lingered
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Charles Leclerc had to pull out his nails to defend his 2nd place from the attack of his teammate Carlos Sainz, who on a couple of occasions even put the wheels in front of him: “Max pushed hard from the start and was fast. , I had a complicated start in the short fight with Carlos: I lost some time there, but I don’t know if it would have changed anything on the final result. In the last laps I started to push to recover and I felt good with the tires, but we had a step similar to that of Verstappen – says the Monegasque -: tomorrow in the GP I will push to put pressure on him. The fight with Carlos? It was tough and we lost some ground: I wanted to do it with Max and I hope to do it tomorrow victory. Have a good start and work together in the GP to beat him? I hope so … “.
sainz overheated
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Spaniard Carlos Sainz, third, analyzes his Sprint Race as follows: “It was a fun race, as it should always be: I started well, I fought with Leclerc and it was good, then I overheated the tires too much and my race is over – says the Spaniard -. The pace to stay close to Verstappen is there, but passing him on the track is different and something more is needed: he is very strong at the start, we will do our best to beat him tomorrow in the GP. “
09 July 2022 (change 09 July 2022 | 18:52)
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