Jul 21, 2024

Carlos Sainz finishes sixth in a tricky Hungarian GP

Sunday, 21 July 2024:
- Race: P6, 70 laps

  • Carlos Sainz scored eight points in the Hungarian GP, which turned out to be an uphill battle for the Spaniard.
  • Fourth on the starting grid, the Ferrari race driver lost traction at the start and fell to seventh by the end of the first lap. This compromised his options.
  • Carlos then overtook Fernando Alonso to regain sixth place, and extended both his opening stint on the Medium tyre and the second one on Hards to try and attack on the last one, but he couldn’t make any more ground.

QUOTES:
"Tough race for me today. The start was not good and here in Hungary it’s quite crucial. That compromised the first two stints, having to overtake cars to get to P6, and from there onwards it was quite a solitary race. The last stint I could push a bit more after extending the Hard tyre but overall, as we saw yesterday, we were lacking pace to the cars at the top this weekend".

"Belgium is a completely different track and we have to think what approach we want to take there with the car to try to finish the first half of the season with a good team result".

COMING UP:
Belgium GP, Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps – 26-28 July 2024

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