Carlos Sainz reveals key factors that impacted Ferrari’s race pace at Hungaroring in Mogyorod

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Scuderia Ferrari Spanish driver Carlos Sainz feels that the decrease temperatures and monitor circumstances on the Hungaroring racetrack in Mogyorod, close to Budapest, have been the principle elements that affected the race tempo of the Ferrari F1-75 vehicles on Sunday, within the final F1 occasion till the summer season break.

Carlos Sainz and his Maranello teammate Charles Leclerc began from P2 and P3, spending the primary a part of the Hungarian Grand Prix chasing the Mercedes automotive of George Russell, who began from pole place and saved the lead for the primary a part of the race. The Moneagsque driver was even in a position to overtake the British driver on monitor, however sadly after the second spherical of pit stops, each Ferrari drivers misplaced loads of floor, albeit as a consequence of totally different causes.

Charles Leclerc was within the lead and finally completed in sixth place after Scuderia Ferrari determined to cowl Pink Bull’s pit cease with Max Verstappen: however the set of latest onerous tyres was removed from best, and led to important lap time loss for Charles, whereas Carlos Sainz continued on the medium tyres and ended the race with the softs, however merely misplaced tempo and drifted decrease to complete outdoors the rostrum.

The Spaniard pointed to Sunday’s cool temperatures as a the principle purpose for the F1-75 automotive’s lack of efficiency as in comparison with the information seen throughout the first two free apply periods on Friday:

“We clearly struggled as a staff in the present day. [I’m] a bit puzzled, as a result of we anticipated to have excellent race tempo coming from Friday, however it’s clear that with these decrease temperatures and monitor situation modifications that we had in the present day there was one thing happening with the automotive and the tyres that we simply weren’t quick. One thing to analyse – a day to most likely look again, regroup, see what we did mistaken for these sorts of circumstances, and are available again after the summer season break with a greater bundle. The primary I feel price me the overcut on George []Russell], which clearly would have simplified the race from there onwards, as a result of then you definately don’t have soiled air. I may have, I feel, finished an overcut with a quick pit-stop, however it’s what it’s. We’ve been first rate on pit-stops all yr, however every now and then a few pit-stops are failing us, and we have to analyse what we will do higher. We wish to be stronger within the second half.” – Carlos Sainz defined after the Hungarian Grand Prix on Sunday.

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Whereas the Italian aspect’s technique name to mount the onerous tyre on the F1-75 automotive of Charles Leclerc was debated at size after the Hungaroring race, Carlos Sainz, who ran a medium-medium-soft technique, didn’t know making an allowance for the circumstances how the Maranello staff may have higher managed its tyre selections.

“I don’t know what we might have finished higher on technique, however I can let you know that when the tempo is unhealthy prefer it was in the present day, technique is at all times troublesome, since you don’t have tempo with any compound. I suppose the pit-stop price me in the present day twice, as a result of from most likely main the race, I went to P3 and having to handle the tyres rather a lot, which was a disgrace, however do you embody that as a method? I don’t know. I feel in the present day we have been simply gradual, and in case you examine our tempo towards Pink Bull on Friday, to our tempo towards Pink Bull in the present day, there was clearly one thing within the automotive and within the tyres that we have been simply not doing proper.” – the Ferrari driver concluded.