Sainz: “We will see how much our rivals improve”

15/09/2023 and las 18:26 CEST

“It has been a very positive Friday. From the first lap of Free Practice 1 it seemed to me that the car was working well,” says Carlos, optimistic for the battle for pole.

“Ferrari and, especially Leclerc, are specialists on this circuit. If they go fast in qualifying, then they can be a problem for Red Bull,” acknowledges Helmut Marko.

Carlos Sainz He made the best possible start to the Singapore Grand Prix, leading a Ferrari double in free practice on Friday ahead of his teammate Charles Leclerc. The Madrid driver, who two weeks ago in Monza already had a brilliant performance, achieving his first podium of the season against the Ferrari tifosi, maintains positive inertia on a circuit that has nothing to do with the Italian one. Red Bull suffered on the first day at Marina Bay, allowing Sainz and Ferrari to dream of another great weekend.

“It has been a very positive Friday. From the first lap of Free Practice 1 it seemed to me that the car was working well, so in Free Practice 2 we focused on fine-tuning the configuration,” explained Carlos after getting out of his car.

Sainz faces this Saturday’s classification with optimism but also with some caution, aware that Red Bull can remedy its problems and other teams can also be in the fight for pole: “The track will improve tomorrow, so we should have even more grip. We will see how much our rivals improve and also how much we do for qualifying.” “, he pointed out.

“Ferrari and, especially Leclerc, are specialists on this circuit. If they are fast in qualifying, then they can be a problem,” acknowledged Helmut Marko, seeing what they have suffered today. Verstappen and Pérez.

Fifth in the drivers’ standings, ahead of teammate Charles Leclerc, Sainz He hopes to continue claiming this weekend as he did in Monza, where those from Maranello gave the Monegasque the green light to attack him at the end of the race but the Spaniard ended up winning the game.

2023-09-15 16:43:59
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