with a good face, Carlos Sainz faces the Monaco GP this Sunday from second position on the grid. Last year he finished second, his first podium with Ferrari. Leclerc is ahead and it will not be easy to fight on the track with his teammate on this circuit for all that it means. But it is a position to think about winning, there is no other, and this is how the Madrid native commented with AS after the FIA press conference. He is fifth in the Drivers’ World Championship.
—Checo’s top, did it hurt him?
—A pity, because I came from a rather problematic first lap of Q3 with the two Mercedes in front, giving me dirty air throughout the lap. I had a lot of room ahead of the second attempt in the second and third sectors, which is where I had met the Mercedes. I wanted to see what I was capable of doing because this weekend I am going fast, but another year I find the red flag right in front of me.
—How did you feel in the Ferrari?
“I was going fast. So I’m relatively happy, with that, and relatively annoyed with another yellow or red flag from the car right in front of me.
—They sanctioned him with a reprimand in Free Practice 3 (and a 25,000-euro fine for Ferrari), but there is nothing for the Mercedes for what happened in Q3.
-There is still a different criterion, it seems that there will always be in F1 and I prefer not to get frustrated with these things. One day it favors you, other days it harms you.
“Can you think of winning?”
—Starting second in Monaco, how can you not think about winning? Let’s see if there is rain and if not, a good start and a good stop and go for it all.
