“The goal is to be in the first two rows, but with Red Bull up front and Aston Martin and McLaren already here, it will be hard for everyone,” Carlos analyzes.
“It has been a strange Friday due to the rain in Free Practice 1 and because in Free Practice 2 we had to work taking into account the new format of the weekend,” he points out.
Carlos Sainz finished tenth after the first day of the Hungarian Grand Prix, although he was hampered by traffic on his fastest lap attempt and at the end of the day he was convinced that he could be in contention for the rest of the weekend.
Your partner Leclerc has been the fastest in Free Practice 2conditioned by the strategies of the teams in the management of tires with a view to the premiere of the new qualifying format that is launched this Saturday, with the obligation to contest Q1 with hard, Q2 with medium and Q3 with soft.
“It has been a strange Friday: Free Practice 1 has been affected by the rain and in Free Practice 2 we had to work taking into account the new format that we will run this weekend,” Sainz said in the Ferrari team statement.
“In the short run I had a lot of traffic with the riders who had a lot of fuel, while in the long run I felt a bit better even if we didn’t do too many laps. In general, there is room for improvement before tomorrow, so we’ll get to work immediately”, summed up the man from Madrid.
All in all, Carlos warns that “the distances between everyone have gotten closer since the last two races, times are converging in performance and developments so it’s going to be a tough weekend here for everyone, with similar race rhythms. As a team, the goal is to be in the first two rows, but with Red Bull up front and Aston Martin and McLaren already here, it will be tough and we’ll have to work tomorrow to be able to face qualifying with guarantees.”