After that of Leclerc in Canada, in France, the first could come too penalty for Carlos Sainz. The Spanish pilot of the Ferrari in Austria in fact, he had to give up quite dramatically, collecting his fourth retirement of the season, due to a reliability problem that knocked out the Power Unit. There F1-75 it is a very car competitive but also rather fragile. The Maranello team decided to push hard on power risking the reliability factor, which unlike performance can also be smoothed out with the freezing of the engines. On the eve of French Grand Prix there is still no official news on the fate of Sainz, let alone the unit he used in Austria, if the second or third – or the last one granted by the regulation before incumbent on a penalty.
Ferrari at the limit
Ferrari is in fact one of those teams that arrived at the component limit, and for this reason the rotation of the Power Units will have to be managed strategically. Releasing a penalty in France even if you hypothetically have the third unit would give Sainz the opportunity to manage the rest of the races on the calendar with two fresh Power Units. A bit like what happened with Leclerc after Canada. In France, a comeback is not impossible and for this reason there are those who think that the choice of the team will inevitably fall on a new Power Unit.
During the pre-weekend interviews Sainz gave an initial answer to the question: "Any decision is still under evaluation. All available options will be evaluated. We will try to understand the possibilities of overtaking, how it works with the heat and the tyres. But of course there is a chance it could happen, even if we haven't decided yet.
The desire for redemption
One of the most disappointing factors of the last Grand Prix was seeing Sainz give up one step away from a potential double. In France, the Spaniard wants to redeem himself, given the particularly happy moment he's been experiencing since winning a Silverstone"What happened in Austria was a bit of a shame, because I was having a good time. I was coming from my first victory and also in Canada I had come close to success. In short, I felt that my season was changing, but unfortunately the power unit failure destroyed everything. But not only in that race, because now there's also the matter of the penalty. But now the second part of the championship begins and I hope it will be smoother for me. For a few GPs, Mercedes has joined our fight and we must not underestimate them. For example every time we have to make a pit stop, we find them in our window. And in Barcelona and Silverstone they had a similar pace to ours."
Source statements: FormulaPassion
