Spaniard Carlos Sainz climbs up from lead to 3rd location at the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps. The Ferrari driver confesses: “I didn’t anticipate Verstappen to be much better here.”
For the Ferrari driver, this is the seventh see of the 2022 GP season and his finest surface because his triumph at Silverstone in early July.
Sainz looks unfortunate after the Grand Prix: Red Bull Racing came here in Belgium to hesitate about having the ability to be genuinely delighted with the 3rd location. “
About Red Bull’s racing speed, particularly with Max Verstappen, the Ferrari driver states: “It’s from another world. They were excellent in practice and terrific in the race. They were much better on the line and in the corners and in tire management.”
” I began well and after the security cars and truck stage I got an excellent reboot. Quickly my tires began to get too hot and I understood I could not keep the Red Bull Racing motorists that day.”
” Unfortunately, the range to the top is larger than I would like. The space has actually never ever been so huge this season. I didn’t anticipate that, and we require to get to the bottom of it as quickly as possible. Since Monza is the very same circuit as Spa-Francorchamps, and we need to be more competitive there.”
” When I understood that it was hotter today than in practice, I believed that this would assist us. That didn’t occur. I had the sensation throughout the race that the space had actually increased. We could not do more than 3rd location today, that’s agonizing, however I need to cope with it.”
About the battle with the Mercedes driver, George Russell, Carlos Sainz states: “We had the exact same rate, however despite the fact that I had problems with the roller, I demonstrated how well the tire handles.” In the end, that was the factor I chose to remain in front of George.”
Race, Circuit de Spa Francorchamps
01 Max Verstappen (NL), Red Bull Racing, 44 laps in 1: 25: 55.608
02 Sergio Pérez (MEX), Red Bull Racing, +17841 s
03 Carlos Sainz (E), Ferrari, +26886
04 George Russell (GB), Mercedes, +29140
05 Fernando Alonso (E), Alpine, +73256
06 Charles Leclerc (MC), Ferrari, +74936
07 Esteban Ocon (F), Alpine, +75640
08 Sebastian Vettel (D), Aston Martin, +78107
09 Pierre Gasly (F), AlphaTauri, +92181
10 Alexander Albon (T), Williams, +101,900
11 Lance Stroll (CDN), Aston Martin, +103078
12 Lando Norris (GB), McLaren, +104739
13 Yuki Tsunoda (J), AlphaTauri, +105217
14 Guanyu Zhou (RC), Alfa Romeo, +106252
15 Daniel Ricciardo (AUS), McLaren, +107163
16 Kevin Magnussen (DK), Haas, +1 lap
17 Mick Schumacher (D), Haas, +1 lap
18 Nicholas Latifi (CDN), Williams, +1 lap
outdoors
Valtteri Bottas (FIN), Alfa Romeo, Dreher
Lewis Hamilton (GB), Mercedes, crash damage
Championship status (after 14 of 22 races)
the driver
01 Verstappen 284 points
02 Perez 191
03 Leclerc 186
04 Sainz 171
05 Russell 170
06 Hamilton 146
07 Norris 76
08 Okon 64
09 Alonso 51
10 Botta’s 46
11 Magnussen 22
12 Hag 20
13 Ricciardo 19
14 Gas 18
15 Schumacher 12
16 Tsunoda 11
17 zhou 5
18 Albon 4
19 Stroll 4
20 Latifi 0
21 Nico Hulkenberg (D) 0
Builders Trophy
01 Red Bull Racing 475 points
02 Ferrari 357
03 Mercedes 316
04 Alpine 115
05 McLaren 95
06 Alfa Romeo 51
07 Haas 34
08 AlphaTauri 29
09 Aston Martin 24
10 Williams 4
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