There's an 'underlying' issue which is affecting Ferrari's race starts, according to Carlos Sainz. HungarianGP 🇭🇺 F1
“And as soon as I went across the finish line, I knew someone was going to beat that because I had done a few mistakes during the lap. I knew I wasn’t going to be on pole and I was pretty… not happy, straight away.
“The thing is, I expected to be beaten by someone else, not by George, so congratulations to him because he must have done a great lap.”, getting away well at lights out will be a big moment in deciding Sainz’s fortunes on Sunday. While he thinks a victory is still possible, he knows that an issue on the F1-75 could rear its ugly head at the start.
“I think the start will play a key role, but we are up against a Merc that are getting very good starts this season and we are not particularly good at them for a problem that we have,” Sainz explained. “But still, if we nail the start and nail the strategy, we can win the race with the pace we have. So we’ll focus on that.”are looking to deal with their problematic getaways at times, he added: “Yeah, but there’s an underlying issue that we cannot really get rid of this year.“Some starts are pretty good, others are a bit on the limit, but hopefully tomorrow is one of those days where the starts are pretty good.
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