It was not an easy week in house Ferrari. The disappointment of Monaco is still a lot and it made itself felt. The Maranello stable but you have to prepare for a new race week, dedicated to redemption.
New race, new challenge
We fly to Baku for the Azerbaijan Grand Prix. For the red will three very important days to understand the strength of the car, whether it is in Spain that Monaco it was the best, and the real ones team ambitions. Binotto's words in fact, they caused quite a stir during the week. But there are no doubts: the Ferrari but it can and he absolutely has to fight for the title.
Sainz: "My strategy was the right one"
In order to do this, of course, immense no more mistakes. in Munich, the strategy error weighs in and was decisive in granting the victory to Perez. On the subject, he spoke again during the press conference, Carlo Sainz which he admitted.
"Of course, in hindsight we would have done a few things differently. Not so much from me, but more from the other side of the box. For me it was a rather linear race, we got the strategy right. I was leading before everyone switched to slicks, I was the race leader at that point."
” The strategy was chosen in the best way, but then for details like the pit stop that put me behind Latifi for two sectors, I lost the victory. Maybe coming into the pits a lap earlier, I would have had more margin with Checo, but also different traffic. If I had come back a lap later instead I would have been undercut by Checo. This shows that to win in Formula 1 you have to have everything on your side, you have to take care of every detail and everything has to go the right way. It wasn't like that for me in Monaco, but I know I rode well and that I could have won the race with a little more luck. "
Head to Baku
Having filed what happened in the Principality, it's time for the Reds though to look forward. Now there is Baku, a track Sainz loves:
"There is always a balance to be found, you can achieve a win by going either way, high load or low load. All of our simulations converge, and the lap time appears to be pretty much the same whether you choose one road or the other. You have to choose a direction and trust your instincts, you certainly have to have a car that can give you confidence, because you have to brake late and approach the walls. It's a big challenge for us drivers but also for the team in terms of set-up. It's a great circuit and I really like being here and I think it's good for F1 to come here".
STATEMENT SOURCE: FormulaPassion
