Sainz: "Staying behind a lapped car cost me the win"

MADRID, 29 May. (EUROPA PRESS) -

The Spanish driver Carlos Sainz (Ferrari) has assured that staying "behind a bent car" on his return to the track has "cost him victory" this Sunday at the Monaco Grand Prix, in which he finished second, and has stated that the Mexican Sergio 'Checo' Pérez (Red Bull) has had "some luck" with his situation.

"We've done everything we had to do, we've been patient on the wet tyres. It cost me the win to stay behind a lapped car, you can understand the frustration; a clean pitstop would have given me the win." he noted after the race.

Regarding tire management, the man from Madrid explained that he was clear that he was going to "go straight to the dry tyres". "It was the right decision. We stopped, we put on the hard, and it's never easy that first lap on the hard tyres, it took me a couple of seconds to stay behind that lapped car. I'm not going to complain too much, because I know that this sport is like that; 'Checo' had bad luck in Yeda and today he had a great race and he had some luck with my situation. Sooner or later, the opposite will happen", he pointed out.

"I also had quite a bit of graining on the rear and that made it very difficult to approach and overtake at the entrance of the tunnel. A couple of times I was very close to being able to do my maneuver, but it was a bit wet inside; 'Checo ' He braked late and if I had braked late, I would have taken him ahead," he concluded.