Nevertheless, any hopes Sainz had of difficult Leclerc for the win had successfully been dashed, with the latter returning to the monitor from his sole cease a number of seconds clear and expertly managing the state of affairs to the chequered flag.
Requested for his overriding emotion post-race and whether or not he seen the end result as an excellent end result, or a possible race win gone begging, Sainz replied: “A mixture of each, no?
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“To start with, I’m extremely pleased for the group and the group effort, getting a one-two and so many factors for the constructors’ – I believe that’s precedence primary. Congratulations to Charles, clearly, for a terrific drive.
“From my facet, I really feel like I’ve been very fast all weekend, I’ve been on it, I’ve been doing every little thing I might to win this race. Sadly, we bought a bit blocked at first, then we had a few points throughout the first stint with the ability unit.
“Despite the fact that I used to be very fast on the hards, and I used to be the primary to pit, I simply misplaced an excessive amount of time in the beginning and I couldn’t get it again. However I’ll take the positives and maintain preventing.”
