A great Friday but a race to be built from the bottom up🇧🇷 Carlos Sainz he finished the first free practice session in second place and FP2 as leader. His rhythm seems excellent, both in qualifying and in the race, but Verstappen appears unstoppable over the long run. Furthermore, starting from the back, the number 55 will have to work harder than expected to get back to the areas that count.
Monza, then, is particularly similar to Spa-Francorchamps, a track where Ferrari looked very out of shape two weeks ago, finishing in third and sixth positions. On the Brianza track, however, the music seems to have changed, so much so that not even the drivers themselves expected such a high degree of competitiveness.
"It was a definitely a good day - explained the Madrilenian – Coming from Spa, a low-load track where we suffered, we didn't expect to be very competitive herebut I have to say that since the first session the car has been in a much better window than in Belgium. Times come more easily to us and the stopwatch doesn't lie, so we were on pace and it was a positive surprise. It doesn't mean we are faster, especially in the long run, but I think we are closer. Penalties will shuffle the order a bit, some will start from the bottom, others further on and we'll see what we can do".
Tomorrow, Sainz will be called to sacrifice his qualification (already compromised by the penalty) to help teammate Leclerc get pole position. As we have already seen previously (Paul Ricard or Spa) this shouldn't be a problem given that the relationship between the two Ferraristi is excellent.
STATEMENTS SOURCE: Motori Online
