Sainz: "We had a first and a second insured"

MADRID, 10 Jul. (EUROPA PRESS) -

The Spanish driver Carlos Sainz (Ferrari) lamented the "lost opportunity" due to his abandonment in the Austrian Grand Prix due to a broken engine, especially when the Ferraris had "a guaranteed first and second place" due to pace and had "the game won" to the Red Bulls.

"The race was going quite well, I had quite a bit of rhythm with the hard tire, but then what happened happened. It's a shame, I have no words, because there are a lot of points that are missing, an opportunity lost here, especially after of the streak that we were beginning to catch. We will have to try to think about France now, "he said in statements to DAZN.

In this sense, he regretted that the incident happened just on the weekend in which they had a much better pace than the Red Bulls. "We had won the game for Red Bull today, he was about to overtake Max at that moment; on the next lap it was going to happen to him with DRS, I think we had a first and second place today. As for pace, this weekend It has been one of the best of the year so far. I'll take the positives. It's a shame for the championship, but it is what it is," he stressed.

Finally, the man from Madrid analyzed what happened when he stopped his car on lap 57, in which he had to get out of a burning vehicle. "I was going uphill. Suddenly I saw fire in the car, I tried to get out, but it was going backwards. I was calling the 'marshals' to come stop the car and put out the fire, I don't know why they It took so long to come, I had to throw myself out of the car. We will have to see what can be done in that aspect next time," he concluded.