The checkered flag waves in the Singapore night that sees Carlos Sainz , Ferrari makes a win in F1. The Spaniard led a race wave, under pressure from the first to the last lap. After 1 year, 2 months and 10 days, the Red team returns to the top step, thanks to a race managed in a practically impeccable.
The hot words of the Matador
The emotion on the return lap was, as it should be, incredible. In post-race interviews, the Matador he talked about a weekend perfect, without smudges and with sensations indescribable: “Incredible feeling and incredible weekend. I want to thank every member of Scuderia Ferrari for making an incredible effort to turn the season around. We managed to win after a difficult start. We had a perfect weekend, we won this race. We return home with a first place and I'm sure that all of Italy and all the Ferrari fans will be proud."
Sainz: “I thought I had the right pace”
Speaking about the race, Carlos focused on the issue tire management, which served to arrive in the right window before the Safety car: “We had to manage our limits on tire degradation. At the beginning we had to reach the target lap in order to fit the tires we had in mind. Then the Safety Car arrived earlier than we expected, so we had to do a longer stint than expected on hard tires. I had to try to keep George behind and everything had to work perfectly. The margins were very narrow – continued the Spaniard, also talking about Lando Norris - but we gave Lando some DRS to help him and in the end we managed to finish first. I checked the race. I thought I had the right pace. Then it's obvious, I won't lie, you're always under pressure and you're always close to making mistakes at a circuit like this. But I felt in control and managed everything well. Bringing the car to the finish line was the best feeling, I'm over the moon".
ARTICLE BY FRANCESCO ORLANDO
