.Carlossainz55 celebrated his first F1 win at Silverstone at the weekend. But this wasn't the first time he achieved victory from pole at the BritishGP venue. Story:
In one of those pleasant motorsport quirks of fate – such as Lewis Hamilton already having experience of winning while effectively running on three wheels from 17 years before his famous 2020 British Grand Prix triumph – Sainz’s experience last weekend was also rather familiar.
But he did claim his first car racing pole 12 years ago at Silverstone in the European FBMW division and did indeed convert that grid spot into victory. "Eurointernational driver Sainz took pole for just his 13th car race but bogged down at the start and fell behind [Jack] Harvey," read Autosport's report of the 2010 British GP support events."He fell further back at Village on the opening tour as Dutchman Robin Frijns squeezed his Josef Kaufmann Racing entry past him. Sainz was clearly rattled and left the door wide open at the Loop and promptly dropped behind Facu Regalia's Eifelland Racing machine.
“His mood on the podium revealed that he knew he'd made too many errors and had wasted his pole position."Back at the 2022 F1 season opener in Bahrain, Sainz called his second place behind team-mate Charles Leclerc his “most difficult weekend” with the Scuderia, despite it being Ferrari’s best result since Singapore 2019 and proof of its returned title fight credentials.
But Sainz has worked with Ferrari to alter his car set-up to get better in this area, where he also spent time working to drive slightly differently. And it had clearly paid off with his near-win at the race before Silverstone in Canada.
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