Carlos Sainz Jr. has ‘good hope’ after P2 in F1 Dash at United States Grand Prix
AUSTIN — Ferrari arrived in Austin for this weekend’s United States Grand Prix uncertain of the place they may stand within the pecking order. Current upgrades to the SF-24 produced robust outcomes at Monza and Azerbaijan, however talking with the media on Thursday Charles Leclerc questioned aloud whether or not these could be track-specific outcomes, or carry over to the Circuit of the Americas.
By means of three periods on monitor, there must be rising confidence in an excellent consequence for Ferrari right here in Austin.
Leclerc completed the F1 Dash race in P4, with Carlos Sainz Jr. in a position to overtake Lando Norris at Flip 1 on the ultimate lap, placing him in place for a P2 end.
Talking within the FIA Press Convention after the F1 Dash Race, in response to a query from Salil Kapur from NBC Information, Sainz famous that the nice consequence provides him “good hope” for the remainder of the season.
“The remainder of this yr, it provides me an excellent hope,” started Sainz.
Nevertheless, the Ferrari driver famous that if desires to ship a win right here in Austin on Sunday, qualifying later right this moment will probably be important.
“I believe now we have to give attention to qualifying. I believe qualifying is a vital a part of the week, and now the place our automobile lately appears to be racing a bit higher than than qualifying,” started Sainz. “And now we have to see if we will qualify.”
Sainz set a aim for later right this moment: The highest three. In his estimation, beginning in one of many prime three spots provides you a combating probability at a win on Sunday.
“I believe prime three provides you an excellent probability going into Sunday right here, and you may overtake,” stated Sainz. “It’s usually a race with lots of pit stops, with lots of overtaking. So, yeah, I believe at the least for right here, to get ourselves into rivalry on Sunday, it’s essential to be additional forward from the place I used to be right this moment.”
