The feeling is back. After Friday little positive from the Ferrari, Carlos Sainz shines in qualification at Suzuka taking home the third position and finishing behind teammate Leclerc and Verstappen.
Good pace in the dry
Ferrari has therefore sent a loud and clear message in view of tomorrow's race. At least based on what the qualification told us, in the dry, Ferrari can easily have its say in tomorrow's race. It would be essential to start well and be able to try to attack Max Verstappen immediately.
Sainz: "We will have a good opportunity from third parties"
Carlos Sainz knows very well that this can be the best strategy, but be careful to the weather that will be the biggest unknown of the weekend.
“I had a clean and very good lap until the last corner. I had a lot of spinning there and probably used the rear tires too much. Too bad again to be half a tenth from pole. Lots of qualifying with Max and Charles in which we found ourselves at this gap and unfortunately I'm usually always behind. I hope to turn the luck in my favor. Competition? The weather will certainly play a role. The rain will come but we don't know when. There will be a great opportunity starting from third position. We also saved a set of softs, if they will be needed. We are in a good position to fight with Max tomorrow”.
STATEMENT SOURCE: FormulaPassion
