Carlos Sainz sealed the front row of the race in Mexico for the Ferrari, getting the second half after that Leclerc conquered the pole position. The daring start didn't hurt the Madrilenian, but he had to take action you count with Hamilton's pressure and speed. Carlos Sainz comes close to the podium Mexican, finishing the race in fourth position.
Sainz finishes the race in Mexico fourth
Car number #55 it started from the second square on the grid, not the best, as Carlos Sainz himself admitted. The Ferrari driver, when the traffic lights go out, he is not involved in the curve 1 contact but Verstappen finds himself in front and tries to follow in its wake.
Sainz climbs to third position, behind Verstappen and Lelcerc. On lap 20, Carlos start looking at those mirrors more often which had been adjusted a few moments before the start of the Mexico match. There shape that he sees getting closer and closer and that of Lewis Hamilton's car.
Only at restart after the red flag, the Mercedes of Hamilton manages to overtake Carlos Sainz. The driver of the red car concludes the race in fourth position, behind teammate Leclerc who managed to get on the podium instead.
“Keeping Hamilton behind? It was impossible"
To the microphones of sky sports f1, Carlos Sainz he openly says that something was missing in the Mexico match. “It wasn't a good race, it is evident that something is missing. In qualifying we gave 3 tenths to Mercedes and today they gave it to us“. Sainz then says he had difficulty in keeping the Brackley cars behind him"We managed to keep Russell behind, but with Hamilton was impossible".
"It was hard with the media, was damaged by the formation lap“, confessed number #55. She then continued by saying: “After the second stint we corrected the balance, with the hard tire we were faster, but nothing special“. He concludes the interview by saying: “Mercedes makes their tires last longer than us. Looking forward to next year we're trying to improve the flexibility they already have".
