Formula 1, Hungarian GP – Carlos Sainz held back by a bag that ended up in the air intakes of Ferrari

And plastic bagwhich slipped between the air intakes on the right side of Sainz’s car, could in fact have reduced its performance from lap 14that is presumably from the session in which it would have found space in the Red number 55. “When I got out of the car I noticed that there was a plastic bag on the side of the car“explained Sainz as he reports The Race. “I don’t know if it cost me some downforce because it was quite big“, this is the comment of the Spaniard.

The Scuderia di Maranello for now did not make any comments about a potential reduction in downforce – and therefore Sainz’s race pace – due to this unusual inconvenience. What is certain is that the Hungarian Sunday, for the Prancing Horse, is characterized by another, unexpected, problematic one: it was in fact evident that the Spaniard, in the second half of the race, is no longer able to perform as he would have liked, not even with the softer compound, the same one with which Lewis Hamilton instead he made a great comeback, ending up in 2nd place behind the solo Max Verstappen.