Carlos Sainz: "I woke up saying 'today it's my turn'"

MADRID, 23 Oct. (EUROPA PRESS) -

The Spanish driver Carlos Sainz (Ferrari) has recognized that he arrived with full confidence in the qualifying session of the United States Grand Prix, where he has won the second pole of his career in Formula 1, although he continues to believe that Red Bull is "favorite" to win Sunday's appointment in Austin.

"Today I also got up saying 'today it's my turn, today it has to come'. There are too many 'qualys' less than half a tenth of Charles -Leclerc- or Max -Verstappen- all the time and always seeing where I could escape. Today I say, without mistakes and with confidence, and it has come out," he told DAZN after the qualifying session.

In addition, he assured that this pole shows "the progress that is being made in the season" in the team. "It is not being an easy season, but there is progress, there are good feelings. Hopefully we can finish the year in a good way", he wished. "It's been a good lap and it's been a good day. Since Free Practice 3, during 'qualy', I already knew that I was going to have the pace to fight for pole, I wasn't going to let it slip away like the last ones" , he expressed.

However, the man from Madrid considers that the energy brand is still ahead in the race. "I'm not going to lie. I think for tomorrow Red Bull is the favourite. They usually have better race pace and they usually catch up with us. Max does a great job and his car is better prepared for the race, but we will do our best to be up front tomorrow." and try to win," he said.

"Red Bull has surprised us by keeping two medium, two hard and a new 'soft', they have everything for tomorrow. We are a little more confined with a soft, a medium and two hard, so they still have a little more flexibility than us," he concluded.