Carlos Sainz Jnr says Ferrari will evaluate the choice to begin his ultimate run in qualifying early after he was compromised by visitors.
His ultimate run left him fifth on the grid, which turned fourth after his workforce mate was penalised.
Sainz stated the automobile was fast however didn’t ship its tempo constantly, and the timing of his ultimate run sophisticated issues additional.
“It was tight,” he informed media together with RaceFans. “It was a little bit of a worrying quali. However to be trustworthy, the tempo within the automobile was there, it was only a bit inconsistent. Some units of tyres I had quite a lot of grip. Others for some cause I used to be struggling a bit extra, however when it counted the grip and the arrogance was there.
“I did a robust Q3 run one and sadly Q3 run two we went very early to do a lap and I discovered three automobiles in that lap that clearly distracted me and compromised my lap. So undoubtedly there was extra to come back. However we are going to evaluate what we may have accomplished higher as a result of we had been in quite a lot of visitors on the lap.”
He stated his confidence within the automobile wasn’t dented by his crash throughout second apply yesterday. “I believe prime three as we speak was undoubtedly on the playing cards for the tempo I’ve had this weekend,” he stated. “The boldness has at all times been there, even after the slight contact yesterday, as we speak I used to be again on it right away.
“I felt very robust all weekend, to be trustworthy. A variety of tempo in myself. That’s why not with the ability to maximise it resulting from exterior elements is disappointing. However it’s typical Monaco additionally.”
Talking earlier than the stewards confirmed the penalty for his workforce mate Charles Leclerc, Sainz was optimistic about his probabilities.
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“I believe now we have a robust probability of getting ourselves again on the rostrum if we execute a superb race,” he stated. “However on the identical time we have to assume that it’s going to be an extended one, that we haven’t accomplished a superb job on Saturday and that we’ll most likely pay the value tomorrow as a result of we’re too far behind.
“So I’m not completely satisfied about as we speak. We should always have been beginning additional up with a clear lap or with a much less distracting lap or with a cleaner air lap.”
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