Even knowing that he has to serve 10 penalty positions on the grid for the replacement of the control unit, the Spaniard is optimistic. And like him Leclerc: “It will be a tough race, I’m confident but we have to be perfect.” The two of Red Bull are perplexed: “We did a different job”, warns Verstappen
Satisfied Ferraristi. Of course Carlos Sainz knows he has to drag the penalty on the grid (10 positions) for the replacement of the control unit for the whole weekend (and it is not certain that others do not follow), and the only way to not let the morale drag to the ground by that ballast made everyone say: well, but it was the fastest. IN FP2 he succeeded. “It was a positive Friday – he said – I didn’t do many qualifying simulation laps, but the car was super competitive today. This shows that the direction we are taking is the right one ”. Today, he will necessarily have to think according to the handicap: “We will focus more on the long run, given the penalty we will have to collect – he added – there is some work to do on the race simulation but what we have done is encouraging” .
Leclerc serene
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Quiet Charles Leclerc, just behind, a tenth. And it is significant that he used exactly the same formula as Sainz: “It was a good Friday”. All happy then. “We still have some work to do on the car tomorrow. The Red Bulls? It’s hard to understand, they seem to have done something different than us. The step is there, we just have to put it all together. It will be a difficult race for us drivers and for the cars, but I am confident that everything will be fine. We have to focus on ourselves, if we have a perfect weekend we can fight for the victory ”.
Verstappen perplexed
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Conversely, Max Verstappen seemed more perplexed. Because he finished third, but half a second behind Sainz. “In Free Practice 2 it was a bit more difficult – he explained – especially as regards the balance”. But the world champion, back from two races in a row without a win as he had never seen before during this season, sibillino added: “We were also trying a few things: tomorrow we will try to be closer than before. today. In the long run it went a little bit better, but the tires in this heat are difficult to evaluate. I don’t know if we managed it better than in Austria. This track is very hard on the tires, it is difficult to make a comparison with Zeltweg… I would have needed a few more laps ”.
Gloomy Perez
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Even more laconic, almost gloomy, Sergio Perez, tenth to a second and a half. That he was unable to go beyond the “I don’t feel very comfortable with the car at the moment: there is a lot of work to do to understand in view of the Qualifying and the race. I did very short stints on the soft. I hope to put everything together tomorrow and to be in the fight ”.
July 22, 2022 – 9:22 pm
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