Between the dangerous climate within the first session and a gearbox failure within the afternoon session, the Ferrari driver managed to finish solely a handful of laps on the primary day of observe for the Dutch Grand Prix, leaving him with out information. That is already a heavy setback, particularly on a difficult observe like Zandvoort for the SF-24.
Carlos Sainz didn’t have a lot to say on the finish of the primary day of observe for the Dutch Grand Prix. After asserting that his future could be with Williams, the Spanish driver had mentioned he might lastly strategy race weekends extra relaxed, however each the climate and his Ferrari performed a merciless trick on him.
The morning session was affected by rain and robust winds, which led to very restricted operating for everybody. Nonetheless, the solar got here out over Zandvoort for the second free observe session, which passed off on a dry observe. However the son of a former driver couldn’t make the most of it, because the gearbox of his SF-24 failed after simply seven laps.
This mishap relegated him to the underside of the timesheets and, extra importantly, prevented him from gathering info for the remainder of the weekend. Wanting on the intense facet, not less than this failure gained’t lead to a penalty, so he gained’t face a further handicap on high of the dear time misplaced.
“Principally, I didn’t run in the present day. I solely did three laps in FP1 as a result of climate, however that’s one thing that affected everybody. Within the second session, we had a gearbox difficulty that utterly ruined the session, permitting us to finish simply 2-3 flying laps,” Carlos Sainz mentioned.
“Will probably be a type of Dash weekend for me, as a result of I’ll solely have one session to try to get better the misplaced floor and carry out nicely. Tomorrow morning, I should begin sturdy in FP3 to seek out the tempo instantly, hoping then to place in some good performances,” he added.
The issue is that in the present day gave the impression to be a very difficult day for Ferrari, as his teammate Charles Leclerc additionally couldn’t do higher than ninth, with a spot of over seven-tenths. In spite of everything, the Dutch observe was, on paper, one of the troublesome circuits for Ferrari.
“It wasn’t a really perfect scenario; we wanted to be on observe with each vehicles as a result of we knew this was one of the difficult tracks for us, in all probability as a result of very lengthy and quick corners. It will have been higher to attempt issues with two vehicles, however tomorrow morning, we are going to do our greatest to make up for the misplaced time,” Carlos Sainz concluded.
Aug 23, 2024
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